Topic of today…? Health! Or rather, pros and cons of private medical insurance. I never thought so of getting private health insurance – it’s almost like you’re giving up on private medical insurance, it feels like you’re consciously giving up something that’s free (even though we all pay for the NHS through our taxes).

I guess my idea of private medical insurance was that if you get ill, you can go for the NHS, or you can spend your own money and get faster treatment privately, where they treat you like a royal, as quickly as possible. When I was younger, I had this idea of private medical insurance as being access to the highest technology of medication. I’ve now actually been opened to a whole world of benefits my private medical insurance brings me. My private health insurance gives me gym membership discounts as well as the peace of mind knowing that if anything happened to me and I needed to be diagnosed quickly, I wouldn’t have to wait. I like to have control over my life, not wait around for something to happen to it. Also – and this is the best thing about my PMI, I wish I had known this sooner – I have access to a 24 hour stress helpline. This has been a fundamental process in making me a happier person. Check it out!