this episode branches out from the traditional 'medicine' topics, and i discuss my instagram journey - from starting out as a hardcore, academic studygram and transitioning into a wellness and lifestyle page, i've learnt a lot along the way. tune in if you want to know exactly why you should start a public page today <3☆ SOCIALS ☆my website: themediocredoctor.square.siteinstagram: @medicmornings @medbyfiotiktok: @stinkybluebellsemail: [email protected]: @medbyfiotranscript (auto-generated, will have inaccuracies)Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of medic mornings. I'm your host Fiona and today I'm going to be talking about a topic that is very dear to me. I have I'm not an expert in this area of any means, but I'm going to be talked about social media and the title is why you should start a study G. And in this episode, I'm just going to be done by the wise and how you should start your Instagram. And honestly, like the benefits of starting one overcoming that embarrassment and shame and awkward phase of, whether your friends are going to find you weird. Are they going to judge you, you know, things like that. So without further Ado, let's jump right into it. All right, so first, let's talk about the reasons why you should start one and this is not only towards study G. So you can talk about either you can have a niche. So maybe you can start a fitness Instagram or you can start a lifestyle Vlog. I know the lots of people have like, very lifestyle, very aesthetically put and pretty account, but I personally don't think my my like living arrangements right now are very aesthetically pleasing but like having those lifestyle content on your page is just so like motivational for me, I don't know why. I just want to have like that lifestyle of having like cucumber water in the morning or fucking like going to go into like a wooden backgrounds. And like I said, it's an all that stuff is like just so motivational for me, but you can have a Lysol page, you can also have like, you know, a wellness or Just being maybe like an what's it called when they sure like, eating like food like a food page of food food, Instagram, like a multitude of different niches that you can kind of like dabble into. I started off thinking, I'm going to do like a medicine Instagram, but then now it's slowly evolved into more like a lifestyle. Getting your head in the right mindset and focusing more on like, wellness and growth and focusing only on yourself and not others focusing on your own journey and just a bit more of my individuality. And my own personality is shining through that content instead of fully educational and a-levels and Medicine, which is basically want my $6 for. But for me, it's around, I'd like to keep it neutral. So lots of people can indulging it at the same time and also see a bit more until you my mental health Journey. But the first reason why you should start a CG is because you spend time on Instagram, anyway, so use that to be more productive, adhere me up, we're not trying to be a lie of dollar in here, right? That's his prerogative. That's his. I remember when he did like that, you should a video of how to, like, how to procrastinate about to be at it. I think it's taken down, but that just reminded me of that, but we're not going to do that here. So be more productive when you are mindlessly, like, scrolling on Instagram, like, I spent two to three hours daily just fully like, scrolling through reels and that's not a problem in itself. But inherently, I was just building up this like habit of going on my phone so often. And I wasn't even thinking consciously, when I click the Instagram button, I was just scrolling my lissy and honestly, Now, as I'm like becoming more a bit more known in the Instagram Community, I feel like I still kept up the same amount of time but I've just have more to come out of it. Either have more accomplishment and have that sense of achievement. Every time I spend like 2 hours of it and it might seem a bit like contradictory like are you trying to reduce your screen time? But you can do that while still being like a content creator or like a digital Creator. I feel like even if you were a Creator and you spend 2 to 3 hours a day, it's really not that bad because you are also making contact for others to indulge in but you are like using that time productively and I feel like that was one of the reasons why I want to start. I was already using so much time on Instagram anyway so why not get something out of it. The second reason documenting your journey is like, I'm one of those people who I take photos of everything, like two photos videos from. Like even the young age I just took photos of every fucking thing. Like I have I have videos of myself since I was fucking like 10 years old, 12 years old. But if you're someone who just loves taking photos like documenting the whole journey just seeing your growth on Instagram is actually crazy. Like I scroll down from when I first started like 8 months ago and I just see the contact I made and it's cringy. Yes, of course. It is. Of course you're going to find that cringy but it's there for other people to make sense of. But also for you to see your growth, like you can see how your content has changed and how your mind that has matured over the years. And it's something that I really do see myself pursuing even in medical school even like after medical school for It's too early to say but I really do see myself like pursuing this long-term. And yeah, it's a really great way to document things. Especially if you have like no clouds or you just you just dump all those photos and low photos on Penn and you can delete them off your phone and it just it just makes much more sense for everyone, you know. So the third reason why you said sorry I said a gram is because the helps with people pleaser Tendencies. And I'm reading this off my laptop, I'm going to have a look on my tank top because I watch the tiktok of someone saying something similar, but I'm going to read it aloud. Okay, this is this is from a guy called Justin schuhmann. And he said, some of you don't realize that creating content is one of the first steps and getting over your people pleasing. And it shows when you create contact, you have to at least for a moment. Be willing to believe that you deserve to take up space and be willing to believe that what you have to say. And your story matters and is deserving of being hurt. Do, you know when you're doing in your real life, when you people, please when you curate and construct and perform this version of yourself, You built it to be tolerable and palatable to other people. You're giving them your space. It is an active demonstration of the fact that you don't think you or your story matters. So if you want to practice being yourself, Showing up here and telling stories taking up space for the world to see. Great option. So I really really agree with this. Like, I don't think that it is the one way that will like creating content and like posting your life on Instagram for the world to see. It's definitely not a fix like a quick fix for your people, pleaser Tendencies, but I was definitely like I was a fucking doormat. Okay, I let everyone walk over me, I was at extroverted kid but also very like quiet and I didn't really show my internal thoughts and I was kind of scared for people to judge me especially insects for him. I think that really showed. I was definitely going through it. I was just crying roads, but I think going on Instagram or and creating this public profile, it's really helped me to distance myself from my personal past. So right now I have a personal Instagram, and a public Instagram. So it, my personal Instagram. I feel like is where I post my relationship. My friendships, you know, things that people really care about my personal life. So, maybe I have a few achievements that I personally wanted to attain or things that are related to me and maybe like 6 form or GCSE friends or just things that I find really personal to me and only for my small community of what six hundred followers to see. But my public profile is a different personality where I kind of talk about anything really. So I talked about health at Patient. I talked about awareness and PCOS and I talked about my brain tumor and I talked about those of different health issues and current like politics. And I really enjoy that being able to talk about something that is so topical and not so much about myself, but just the general like climate and Healthcare. I think that's really important and I really like that having a platform enables me to do that but going back to the point of being a people-pleaser it's definitely help me. Social medias, definitely helped me a lot with my people pay your Tendencies and that I don't really give a fuck about what other people think of any more. Like if they are not like supportive of what I do and if they you know, domini or make me feel a bit like I'm barest or why are you talking about this like or send me a post of myself and they're like, laughing about it. And then not something that I would upset right now socially since I've become a lot more confident and a lot like take a lot less shit than I used to and I think I know my self-worth now and social media has definitely helped a lot with that. The fourth the fourth reason is that wall like Financial benefits, advertisements and paid promotion and sponsorships and PR like to get free stuff. It's not as common as you think is still does happen. I've definitely gotten a few like fair share of sponsorships but I don't really, it's a lot of time starting as a small content creator. It doesn't happen as often as you think. It's not as frequent as you think. And a lot of people start like a study G or like public Instagram for the wrong reason. And it's to become famous and become this Hotshot, like big star overnight and it just doesn't happen. I think these Financial benefits do come with time. Of course, like when you hit 100K, when you hit 250 500k, like 1 million, of course you're going to have like, management agencies are going to have people who are working in public relations, people who are actively managing your Instagram for you. And that really does help with bronze getting to know you and Brands reaching out to your manager who then reach out to you, who doesn't get all this back and forth with you. I think starting a social media should not be based on the premise that you're going to benefit from it financially. But it definitely is a full-time job in that you're constantly managing your own Instagram. So you're keeping an eye on your emails, just checking daily and thinking of content like everyday. I kind of struggling with it sometimes, but honestly, like having an Instagram is one of the most fulfilling jobs that I've ever had. Anyways, it is so rewarding especially when people the Army and go like, oh my gosh, I got an offer from Sheffield as well. I can't wait to see you next year after, of course, that's kind of intimidating initially, but I know that people mean well, and it's so great to see how everyone's come along with their medicine offers and people are just messaging. Me saying, thank you for your stories. Thank you for sharing your brain tumor on your PCOS journey and often I love the time I get these damn about what should I do regarding my medical issue? And honestly a lot of time and just like go see your GP but I'm not even I'm not even a medical student. Why are you asking? But yeah, it's great to see how people are so inclined and so encouraging. And so supportive in my comments and I just love and that's another accomplishment in itself. Another achievement is that you get to really impact someone like. I personally don't see it myself, but if I can even impact one person then it just made my day. So yeah, I haven't really talked about the study G part of it, but I will talk about it now. So you having a study G, I don't think I constitute a study G because mine is more like lifestyle catered but there are different types of study G that you can make your account to kind of feel like. So, if you're struggling with showing your face, or if you're struggling to, you know, put a nature accounts. I know lots of people are like, oh, I'm not fully ready to go. Back to showing my face or commit to putting my name on this and I just want to do it behind the scenes, you know, just not let anyone know it's me. And it's kind of like a secretive thing and that's completely fine. Your prerogative. I have, I know there's this one account called study. Oh. A her name's you throw and she is absolutely amazing. I think you should definitely follow her. She doesn't show her face but it's not a secret account. She shows her desk, set, up being there, all aesthetic and everything she has LED light. She has a little I think it's a snow globe. I'm not too sure. But anyways she's starting Audiology and she's amazing. So go follow her right now but honestly, it's Not a big problem if you don't show your face. I personally chose to show my face because you know I like to put a face to my stories and uniqueness and who I am and just sharing my brain tumor journey, I think it would make much more sense if I shave my face. Since I'm showing a lot of videos and clips of myself, having that brain tumor in the first place. But I know that's not everyone's staying. And that's not everyone's cup of tea and that's totally fine. I also know a few other medicine instagrammers. So has studies underscore that Harriet who I talked to a lot. So she posts a lot of notes. So some study grammar is like to post their handwritten notes, which are beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. And they write on your iPad or just had written on paper and it's just gorgeous. I know it's not the most popular. But it's definitely like just beautifully written manicured, handwritten, Nothing Like Us. They would like anatomical, diagram Jessica's. But yes, those those are two types of Instagram that you could chew rates your feet into looking. If you are starting out and you're not too sure and feeling a bit embarrassed or you just not fully ready to commit. That's definitely an idea for you. Also one one thing I guess so much about study G and starting a public Instagram and general is that you're going to feel embarrassment and you're definitely going to feel like awkward in the first place. I remember until I was like four hundred followers in, I don't care to buy for $5. By the way, I don't like timestamp it by number of followers, but that's just How my brain kind of works. Cuz it's always in the back of my head is just like a little counter but I just don't remember the exact day. I think. It was during the summer, probably during the summer, maybe like September or something. But anyways, 400 followers in, I didn't tell anyone that I had medicine account. So I never told anyone. I didn't put my username anywhere for me to plug, like I didn't even put it on my Tik-Tok. I don't think cuz my grew faster than mines around, but I didn't put it anywhere. So I just let I remembered some of my in real life friends, found it and they followed it and I was like, oh my gosh, I'm so scared cuz they're going to see it and they're going to think, while what a fraud like she's is such a faker. Like she's just posting her picture, perfect life. But in reality, I know she looks so much worse than that. She's so much more like not put together or not manicured, not groomed at all. It's just What figure, you know, and then it was not like that at all. Like I feel like I gave people too much shit and didn't get really give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but everyone was so supportive to my face, at least. I'm pretty sure is. Some people have talked some bad shit about it, okay? Go getting over your embarrassment and your anxiety and your awkwardness. It's going to happen maybe like after a few weeks of doing it consistently because having a public Instagram, you kind of don't feel the pressure of your friends and your family watching you. Just imagine that. It's just people, you don't know and I kind of lump them all together into the group that people I don't know. And It's so much easier when it's like that, it just takes all the pressure off your shoulders, then I wouldn't post anything on my public that I wouldn't like be proud to show my friends. And I think that embarrassment and anxiety and this awkwardness definitely goes away. So, Make sure not to push your studygram like dreams or like your goals of starting an Instagram back just because you're having a bit of embarrassment over it because I promise you that social pressure from your peers and your friends and your family, it will go away. Trust me. Also, just wanted to add that another reason why you should start a study G is because you get to meet so many like-minded people. I am not MediCal Steven yet. I start in September, but I've met so many medical students and so many doctors that it's not even networking anymore. Its just making so many different connections and so many friendly, like faces that it's a little community, and I love that. There's a little medicine in the UK Community. There's like medical students who are supporting the junior doctor strikes, and I see it in my stories all the time. And I love that everyone's so supportive of the strikes and I love that there's going to be so many friendly faces. Like, I know this girl called Wellness medical Leia. She also goes the same unit as me as I will be attending, but she's so sweet. And she offered to give me her medical school notes. And that's just another kind gesture. That I feel like a lot of the time you're going to receive from starting a social media because you got to really make emotional connections and make these friends on Instagram. I have so many I've made so many friends on Instagram, but it's just crazy how you can reach so many people and you can make so many networking connections and it doesn't even feel like you're forcing. It's just you me people, you follow them. They follow you back and you get along with like, five going. And then a lot of time you just not We make friends and it's great. And also I feel like a lot of the time having a study G can actually make you feel more academically productive. Now, I am not going to sit back and say, like, I am a direct product of this. Of course, I started my Instagram after my elbow was I remember my first purse actually. It was like just finished biology paper 3 went poorly but, you know, we move. But yeah, I like it definitely challenging academically because you can see that everyone's kind of on the top of their game and you can see how hard everyone else is working and that kind of motivates you to study harder as well. But for a lot of people, this can also be contradictory because you see a lot of people studying but then that can kind of make you feel demotivated instead. So it's kind of really about personal preference. I personally think that, It's really motivating and seeing everyone works so hard and seeing everyone reap the benefits. I see so many people like graduating from medical school. I remember match week was last week, so in the US where they medical students matching tutor specialty, it was so motivating saying that all over my feet. Just everyone going, like, oh my gosh, I match them to the OBGYN. I matched into like, internal medicine and surgery and Orthopedics, and it's just, it's just beautiful. And that's definitely where I want to be one day. It just might take into specialty that I love. I know. Matt doesn't exist in the UK, but I definitely want to kind of experience that where I find out where I'll be working for the next 5-6 years. So that's it. Yeah those are what? Five six reasons why you should start a study G and if you do, remember to message me on Instagram and just let me know. Bye bye. Before you leave. Make sure to follow me on Instagram at medic mornings, and Med by few PS. I did like a little name, change the mediocre doctor kind of got a bit of negative traction especially since a lot of people were like you're not a doctor yet and now I kind of am I, okay, I know. But I still think the username is super talk to you so I'm just going to keep it for my website but for a my Instagram it's at my birth. You also make sure to Give this a rating. Give this partisan rating. If you're listening it to Spotify, I feel podcast wherever you're listening it from. Make sure to give it a racing with the Stars and shit. Thank you so much. It definitely helps me a lot and see you next time. Bye bye. 

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