I interrupted my studies from medical school last July, and have been on a gap year ever since. I've complied the most common questions I get asked on the experience, and given them brutally honest answers. Hopefully they help anyone else who's gone through/is through a similar experience out there! Best of luck to you 🖤

To make your life easier:
0:00 Intro
2:02 Do you worry that time is running past you?
7:06 Do you feel you lost your purpose?
9:05 How do you justify it to others?
10:02 How did your parents react?
12:14 Are you worried you will have forgotten everything when you go back?
14:11 How did you set goals during your gap year?
16:02 Will a gap year make you not want to go back to medicine?
18:23 Benefits: Time to sort out mental health
19:05 Benefits: Finding yourself outside of medicine
21:33 Benefits: Becoming a creator
22:01 Benefits: A reset button for life
23:06 Summary

WHO AM I: I'm Elizabeth, a medical student, artist, YouTuber and Podcaster in London. I love to think and talk about life, art, medicine, books and meaning. And also how to find the time to do those things. If you'd like to watch me paint and talk about life, I do that on my podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UC5NsPe2poaBRA0IPd and if you'd like to read my thoughts and book notes, I have a newsletter you can join (http://newsletter.elizabethfilips.com​​).

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