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I’ve been in a couple of situations where I would normally have a pint or two. I had dinner with friends and opted for a mocktail which felt indulgent (Yuzu Spritz), we swung by a bar and I had a Guinness 0% which was okay...but I prefer the real thing! I expected to get some comments about not drinking but no one batted an eye. At my dad’s birthday meal I didn’t drink - this was pretty easy as neither of my parents drink, and they haven’t for over a decade. Feeling clear-hea

At the start of the month, I challenged myself to two things, to run like I've never run before, and to churn out a song by the time Christmas decorations start coming out. And now I can confidently say, I have failed at both. For the running, I realised why I always naturally end up cruising at a comfortable pace, never being close to a sub-30 5k. It just plain sucks. Once I pick up my pace, its shin splints, my sides begging to stop, lungs inhaling so much and so little oxy

This month for Movember, I challenged myself to do something slightly out of my comfort zone: read a non-fiction book on mental health. Anyone who knows me knows I’ve always been a big advocate for mental wellbeing — from serving as VP Well-Being in my student council to building communities and consuming psychology content since I was 17. But when it comes to reading? I’m a fantasy-fiction person through and through. The only non-fiction book I’ve ever finished was The Mom T

Georgia I went to uni because I was always told to go to uni. I grew up in a deprived town in North East England, but I didn’t even know what that meant until I got quite a bit older. In school, from a really young age I was told ‘You’ll finish primary school, go on to a secondary school of your choice, go to a local college, and then off to uni’. It never really felt like there was any option other than to follow that path, so I did. I completed my A-levels at a college a co