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Seth Godin's article on effort as a choice made me think a bit about medical school and the suffocating feelings of insecurity within me. The article discusses outliers (those who are seemingly head and shoulders above everyone else intellectually, financially etc.) and the damaging feelings of self-loathing that result from constantly watching ( Read more... ) -
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Stay humble.My pride's fractured. Midterms have come, gone and left me with honors in one class but barely passing grades in the two others, an imbalance that makes me question my ability to do well in graduate school. There's a long list of things I didn't do this block that I should have - review my notes more often, spend less time reading and ( Read more... ) -
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Be cool
Ramit Sethi has an excellent video on what you can do to stay ahead during the current financial crisis. His advice is spot on - looking for blame is irrelevant, and the best thing most people can do is save, save, save ( Read more... ) -
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At Sea
"How long have you been here?" asks my classmate when I walk back into the study lounge.
"Oh, uh... I just got here."
The truth was, I'd been studying most of the day but didn't want to admit it because I felt like I was getting nowhere.
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Hush."Those are lungs!" gesticulates the surgeon, carefully lifting up the ribcage the way a mechanic pivots the hood of a car. "I have some here for y'all to look at - pass them around ( Read more... ) -
Man on fire
With a week to go before classes start, in an unfamiliar city, I'm numb and trying to figure out how to make sense of life. So I called my man David for a little help ( Read more... ) -
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I am moving to Cincinnati.
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Five in the morning finds me pedaling furiously, my legs burning and the cold air shearing against my skin. It is nearly thirteen miles from my shitty apartment to the train station and I am almost to the Micheltorena overpass, a bridge across the mighty one-oh-one freeway that constantly hums with the sound of traffic ( Read more... ) -
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Daedelus"Is that an Indian name ( Read more... )