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dear Nevis,
wow! exactly halfway!
i really really really wish i had time to write you a nice long letter this month, but pretty much all of my friends and family (hi, mom & dad!) are getting ignored lately. i’m sorry. i’ll write as soon as i can. hopefully shortly after i kill this next set of block exams over the weekend. in the meantime, you’ll have to believe me when i say no news is good news.
just. feeling. overwhelmed.
and like i would rather quit school and go back to getting a real paycheck while sitting at a desk all day playing with video games.
lotsa love,
`J XO
No video games in your future ma’am. You are smoking this school and I for one would never let you get on that plane!! Don’t be overwhelmed. You are doing so awesome!!! Just keep up the hard work and keep smiling and laughing and you will get through all this beautifully…just like your smile : )
“quit school and go back to getting a real paycheck while sitting at a desk all day playing with video games”.
That’s uncanny … you’ve just described the last 20 years of my life in one sentence. ;)
Hang in there!
Sometimes being ambitious really sucks. I’m halfway into my training for a 60-mile marathon/walk, and I’m feeling the same desire to give up and go back to taking it easy. But I figure nothing worth doing is easy, right? And so I get off my ass and walk another 5 miles.
Yes, I’ve been there–wanting to go back to easier times. I’m cheering you on!
…This too shall pass. I felt like I wanted to quit during M2, and I almost did. Not a day goes by that I am not thankful that I toughed it out. Just keep your head above water the next few days until this feeling passes…and it WILL pass. You are human, and it’s natural to go through this during the rigors of medical school. One day at a time. :) Hell, go for a long walk and remind yourself why you left your “former life” in the first place. Imagine yourself returning with your “tail between your legs” and explaining to everyone why you couldn’t do it. No way!!!!! You are going to make it just fine!!
halfway…that’s amazing. September marks the beginning of a 4 semester stretch with no breaks for me. I hope i survive it as well as you have been.
You can do it! You’re halfway there already. I feel your pain. I’m sweating away studying psych here in Vancouver over the long weekend…and I may have 8 years ahead of me to get my clinical degree…and I’m 37….but it’s little by little that we get there isn’t it? We just have to keep telling outselves that.
QUIT No “F”ing way.
Girl you have to much desire to do that.
You only have half way to go.
Now please get on with it and Nevis will wait for your letter.
Good Luck my lady.
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