Sincerely Sinthu

Afternoon everyone! Hope this week went wonderful for you! How did it go, did you get up to anything interesting? So this week consisted of me catching a fever from my dad which then progressed into the flu. I lost my voice in the process. Losing my voice has made me realise just how much I take advantage of my vocal cords. The simple fact of not being able to answer questions or ask for something was excruciating. On the flip side, it was also incredibly gratifying. Silence is magical sometimes. Especially when you are going through a transition period or having conflict within your relationships, silence can be a blessing in disguise. This week was a blessing in disguise. While I couldn't really tick off any tasks and couldn't socialise much, it was relaxing. It felt akin to a dopamine fast. It was like hitting the reset button and starting again. Another topic I wanted to discuss is the NHS. I adore and love the NHS. I am not quite sure where I will be if it wasn...

Afternoon everyone! Hope you all had a lovely week. The second week of 2020, how did it go for you? This week has been somewhat a haphazard mess. I could only describe it as an overflowing laundry basket. It was a struggle. But maybe there is are learning points that can be concluded from the problems that I was facing the past week. Firstly my productivity was incredibly off this week. I was not meeting my goals and every task took my entire life force. Fatigue kept setting in and my sleep schedule is still way off. I wake up at 10 to 12 every day and sleep around 2. The amount of sleep I get works against me. I am constantly trying not to be so exhausted but the hard truth is I always am. The more you sleep, the more tired you tend to get but lack of sleep can also make you tired and impair your judgement and actions. It's a hard balance to figure through. My learning point regarding sleep was that I am actually a morning person when I want to be productive but I am a nig...

Afternoon, everyone! So let's talk about goal setting. Who has set up a bunch of new years' resolution? Who has failed at keeping to it? I think it's safe to say most of us use the new year to improve ourselves in some way but often times it just doesn't work. I was taught a wonderful method of creating goals in therapy that has really helped with achieving my goals. According to the Chartered Management Institute , the technique was introduced by Peter Druker and G.T. Doran and has been praised for its effectiveness. So what is it? The SMART follows the form of an acrostic poem in which each letter of the word 'SMART' spells out a word that you should keep in mind when creating a goal. S pecific: when creating a goal, you have to very specific on exactly what you are seeking to achieve. Let's use running a marathon for example. Simply writing 'run a marathon' is not going to help you visualise exactly what you are seeking to do. It doesn...

Afternoon everyone! Welcome back to my blog! I hope the first week of 2020 has treated you well. How did you spend the new years? Did you make any new year resolutions? Since I am out of school, I have been seeing friends and getting more fresh air. I've also been working on the novel that I planned during the last couple of months of 2019. I attempted to write it as a nanowrimo but I decided that I wanted to work more slowly to make sure that the story is absolutely perfect. I am so connected to these characters and the story that it felt like an injustice to simply rush through it. On new years eve, I went for food with a friend to Busaba. We had nice vegetarian wok-fried noodles. Busaba was so amazing. The food was so flavoursome and the restaurant had such a good atmosphere. On new years day, I met up with some friends on new years day at Old Dutch at Holborn. We planned to walk back home but we were all too full of pancakes to walk the entire way.  Finally, ...

Afternoon, everyone! Happy New Year everyone! So exams are around the corner so let's get back to basics. This is for my law students whose exams contain problem questions.  Let's go over how to answer a problem question. This post will be incredibly general so be wary of what is expected of you from your relevant module or criteria to make sure you pick up all the marks. 1) Read your question and highlight all the key variables. Usually, the last paragraph will give you an idea of what the examiner is expecting you to answer. Make a big mental note of this to make sure you are not putting down way more than you need to. Having this in your head will help you tailor your answer better. The key question is what does your client actually want to know? 2) When writing, introduce what the client wants advice on so that the examiner knows that you have understood exactly what the question is asking you to do. A simple one to two lines will be sufficient. 3) Is there a part...