The Journey Begins...

Never give up on your dream because of the time it takes to accomplish it.

- Earl Nightingale

What initially made me go into medicine? What inspires me? How do us students justify on a day-to-day basis, the time, effort and stress we go through, some of us only 22 years old, to become physicians?

It's hard. I am sure you have heard, medical school is no joke. I came into my first year in August 2018, expecting work, but not expecting exactly how much... I always thought people were exaggerating when they said "you study ALL the time", "you go to class for 8 hours and then study for 10", or "say goodbye to your old life".

Spoiler alert: They weren't kidding!

Since August, I have spent more time studying than I did in my entire 16 years of schooling prior to medical school. I learned 2 semesters (30 weeks) of biochemistry in 3 weeks. I dissected a human body in 12 weeks, as opposed to the partial dissection (over 2 semesters!) that I did in undergrad. It is an OVERLOAD of information.

But I love it.

My face every time I get to put this white coat on

The amount of things I'm learning, the science, the patient care, the compassion; it's mind-blowing, in the best and worse ways.

I keep my motivation (though difficult) by remembering what got me here in the first place: my desire to help others, my passion for science and health, and my aspiration to better the world around me.