I'm currently in a weird space of time where I'm free from the constraints of my A-Levels, yet still trapped by the stress of awaiting my results. How beautiful would it be if we were to immediately find out our results? It makes me wonder whether AI will eventually be used for these sorts of things! However, in its current stages, I wouldn't really trust that sort of thing.
Whilst I wait to see whether all of my hard work from the last two years has paid off, I'm itching to begin my journey into pharmacy, and I already have my summer all planned out; returning to volunteering in a charity shop after a year, beginning to flesh out my LinkedIn, retaking a British Sign Language Course, getting my first job, catching up on my reading goal for the year - and now blogging!
Blogging is something I've thought about doing for years, and despite my love for STEM, I can't deny the passion I have for writing. Although I feel as though my vocabulary has worsened since I completed my English GCSE, and I lack the creativity to write any of my own original fiction work (perhaps I'll get there someday), I find blogging is a good medium! I genuinely have no idea what sort of format to write this sort of thing in, though I have Googled it! But Google is currently in the grasp of their AI and really loves to use the AI overview over whatever they had before. Unfortunately, I've forgotten its name, but it will be missed (although the AI can be quite helpful and polite - yes, I know it isn't sentient!).
I probably shouldn't be treating this blog as something to convert my yapping mind into words, as I'm not sure many people will care enough to read (and this is cliché), but I should probably share some things about myself. Currently, I've just finished my A-Levels, now waiting for my results. I took one of the most basic combinations of chemistry, maths, and physics, and received all of my offers to do a Master's in Pharmacy - unfortunately, none were unconditional offers (I can dream), though I have managed to receive a reduced offer (yayy). For that, I am so grateful! When picking my A-Levels, I had hopes of doing a physics degree and becoming a nuclear engineer, but after doing a month of A-Level physics, I decided I despised it to my very core and loved chemistry much more. I wasn't creative enough to think of anything that I could do with a chemistry degree, so I opted to go for a pharmacy degree!
Pharmacy wasn't something new to me; it's originally what I had wanted to be when I was 14 (yes, another cliché, yet this is true), and so when deciding I would rather not put myself through any more physics than necessary, I opted to return to my roots. I wasn't able to gain any experience within a pharmacy, but I was able to volunteer at a primary school! Despite how frustrating it could be trying to convince children that the curtain blowing wasn't a ghost, it was something I genuinely enjoyed, which led me to see if you can specialise as a paediatric pharmacist. From my 10 minutes of research, I found out I could (very much a joke, I spent more time reviewing my future career), and so hopefully this is something I'll be able to progress into!
Now that I am free to do my own thing, I have some fun plans for the coming weeks! For example, as I mentioned before, I just recently got a job! It's at a local stadium, and so I should hopefully gain some valuable experience in customer service. Then outside of that, I'm going to return to some of my long-lost hobbies - weightlifting, reading, baking, and crochet - and also start some brand new ones - British Sign Language, running, and pilates (hopefully). I hope to be able to commit to all of these over the summer - as well as enjoying a holiday or two - and hopefully this blog will hold me accountable!
In seriousness, my whole goal with this blog was to document my journey toward becoming a pharmacist and share a more realistic view of the life of an MPharm student with the world, as that's something I'm not seeing much of online! I began a TikTok account around mid-September to share my journey through Year 13 - an account which I have unfortunately been 'neglecting' recently due to my focusing on my education - but I have really enjoyed interacting with the community and sharing tips for A-Levels (especially chemistry). That's something I hope to be able to continue to do in this blog, but in more detail, whilst also giving me a way to practice putting my thoughts onto a page.
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