CHANGE OF PACE

Awhile back, my mom mentioned to me that changing my blog title to “No ifs, ands or buts” demonstrated how much I’d changed over the past few years. I was finally able to appreciate the humor in those trivial but frustrating situations that used to nearly drive me over the edge.

As I rapidly approach another big milestone in life (graduating from medical school!), I feel like it’s time for another change of pace (a pacemaker pun).  Also, I have one more week of vacation and I’m going crazy from boredom. My bizarre penchant for blank slates has now leached into other parts of my life- every few months I’ll buy a new calendar/planner just to start fresh, with one ink color. (I did that last week but only got about halfway through transcribing before I got bored, so now I’ll probably redo the blog.)

So, back to this coming year being full of exciting changes.
I’m getting married, graduating, probably moving to a different state, and starting internship. I can’t remember when I first counted on my fingers the exact year of my med school graduation, but I’m pretty sure it took a third hand. Next year, 2013, has been what I’ve been looking forward to for a really, really long time. During first year, several classmates and I even had a serious discussion about how the world could not end in 2012 because we’d be almost 3 ½ years deep, academically and financially, and that it would be the cruelest of jokes. 

Another routine I’ve started is following pre-meds on Twitter. Ok, I will admit it's more of a guilty pleasure than anything else, but it does remind me of where I started, how far I’ve come and how lucky I am to be in this position. 

Anyway, this is a work in progress over the next week. I hope to streamline the general experience for everyone!