May 20 2019
So. I have been through five months of medical school now. Crazy how fast life changes. A year ago at this time I was studying for my exams, wondering it I would be accepted into med school and here I am now. It has been one heck of a ride. From the 6 months of no school to the uncertainty attached to being accepted, it has been a new experience to say the least. In hindsight, I think I handled those 6 months better than I would have had I been any younger and for that, I’m happy. Seeing growth in terms of controlling my anxious state of mind is always reassuring. Which brings me to my next point. Medical school started and I was extremely excited. I was finally going to be study in the field I have always dreamed of! It was and is still exciting but sometimes i get too in over my head and start getting bogged down by the massive amount of material we have to cover day in day out. But I’ve learned that there are some okays I need to take. It is okay to not study everything down to the detail. It’s okay to have fun even when you have an exam the next day. I wasnt okay with these things before but Im slowing starting to learn that these okays are important for my mental health. If I am going to study medicine for the coming years, I need to treat it like a marathon. And for a marathon you need stamina. And this stamina is not just the number of hours you can study. It is also the time you spend exercising, the time you spend with your friends and the time you spend doing your favourite hobbies. These factors shape my stamina now. It is a long race and I can’t sprint to the finish so I need to pace myself.
Ma vie 