Although I’ve spammed you with images already over on Instagram (click here to see them), I thought I’d write a bit about the experience here as well. This was my first time helping deliver lambs, so I went to the farm…
Read MoreDame Jane Goodall is a British ethologist, best known for her revolutionizing work and long-term research on the chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Although, as I’ll discuss later, her methods have been considered unorthodox…
Read MoreI’ve been an advocate of the Pomodoro Technique for years, and have experimented with different worktime intervals to see what works best. Sometimes I’ve found that 45-minute intervals were the way to go, and other times…
Read MoreSince I’m still not over my cold, today’s blog post is going to be a shorter one. Lately, these incredibly tragic videos on plastic pollution have been popping up in my social feeds. I’m very aware of the of how plastic affects our marine wildlife, yet I haven’t really altered much about my lifestyle to lower my own plastic usage.
Read MoreI’m sitting here in my PJ’s, sick as a dog, trying to publish this blog post that should have gone up yesterday. If I’m being completely honest, I’m still a bit tired from last weekend. However, the entire journey was well worth it!
Read MoreI’m winding down from a day of histology lessons, studying and working at the clinic, and thought about how it has been way too long since I just did a regular update here on the “Vet To Be” website...
Read MoreThis blog post is about three weeks overdue, but a monumental event like this must be documented on the vettobe.com website. As a Norwegian animal lover, I’m incredibly proud to say that the Norwegian fur industry is being phased out.
Read MoreToday I’m starting a new blog series under the Animal Welfare category, where I present 5 facts about some of the greatest contributors to animal conservation, welfare, and rights. And what better way to start off the series than with...
Read MoreAfter receiving an email from my university that went out to the entire student body, I’ve decided to private some of my previous blog posts. This was a tough decision, but after discussing it with some of my fellow students and my family, I can see why...
Read MoreHAPPY NEW YEAR! When I started this blog back in 2016, I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to keep this up throughout my entire time as a veterinary student. However, here we are, in 2018, and I still find that posting on this website is one of the most rewarding aspects of life as a vet student.
Read MoreI took a month off from blogging to study for my Anatomy and Physiology exam, however, taking a month off leaves you with a lot of pent-up blog post ideas.
Read MoreNo matter what I do lately, I can’t help but feel like I’m not doing enough, or that I’m prioritizing wrong, that I’m not contributing enough. I’m tired of it....
Read MoreRewilding is a term coined by conservationist and radical activist Dave Foreman in the 1990’s, but was reclaimed and repurposed by conservation biologists Michael Soulé and Reed Noss in a paper published in Wild Earth in 1998...
Read MoreI should go to the practice clinic far more often. Not only was today’s session very informative, but also very enjoyable! When we managed to find a blood vessel, and place the peripheral venous line properly, we literally cheered for each other...
Read MoreI recently started using the Habitica app again. Back when I first used it, it was called HabitRPG, which is more descriptive as far as what the app is all about, namely gamifying good habits...
Read MoreI struggle with exam anxiety. As the day draws nearer, I become increasingly nervous. With each turn of the calendar page, my stomach drops further..
Read MoreI’m currently sat by my kitchen table thinking, that instead of planning the upcoming week, I should just go ahead and plan the entire semester. Some would say I’m getting ahead of myself, but truth be told, I’m having a bit of a content drought, and I thought this might be interesting to some of you.
Read MoreI thought I’d do a revised edition of one of my most popular blog posts of last year, namely “The Metrics of Vet School”. Almost a year later, I felt there was a need for an updated, more accurate version. So today, I’m going to take you through an average day of studying Anatomy and Physiology in vet school, and how many hours I spend on an ideal day. It’s worth noting that not all days are like this, and today the stars aligned just perfectly for me to have a bit of extra time to read.
Read MoreHappy World Animal Day! First organized by the German writer and animal protection activist Heinrich Zimmermann in 1925, World Animal Day is an initiative to raise the status of animals and improve animal welfare standards worldwide.
Read MoreIn the 1972 semi-autobiographical novelization of 1930s rural Yorkshire, “All Creatures Great and Small”, we meet a young James Herriot at the very start of his career. In the book...
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