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I finished med school a couple of days ago. I call it the end of the beggining or the end of an era,...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:39:08 -0400

I finished med school a couple of days ago. I call it the end of the beggining or the end of an era, because I have been living this dream for 7 years and now it’s done. Studying was my lifestyle. I spent countless hours in the library. At parties I was always the first person to leave, I hated it, but morning classes were killing me. So I got used to it, as did my friends. After the last final exam I felt relieved and happy and proud of myself, it was the best thing I have ever done. The biggest accomplishment of my life. Now this all sounded great until I started waking up from that post exam delirium period. The question is: What the hell is next?!

Next step…reality. I’m not a med student anymore, I became a doctor. I have to move on to the next chapter. And let me tell you, this is where things get real. I always knew I wanted to do this, I was so excited for the real deal, but suddenly I realized I don’t think I want to choose the specialty I have always wanted to choose, OB/GYN. Suddenly I feel confused. Suddenly I feel like I have no idea about the next step in my professional training. Choosing a specialty is agonizing. I feel overwhelmed by the number of choices. I never thought that could happen to me, I imagined myself as Ob/Gyn doctor, delivering babies, talking to women/girls and giving them advice, but now I’m really not sure if that’s my calling. And that sucks.

I realized this might be a difficult part for medical students and other graduates too. I was going to make a list of specialties for myself and compare them, but than I changed my mind and decided to start writing and sharing it on tumblr. I’m going to do some research and put together the most important information about various medical fields and hopefully eventually this will make it possible for me to make a confident decision about my future.

xoxoxo

"But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become..."

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:32:38 -0400

“But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?”

- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via mymorningclarity)

"Be the flower who even gives its fragrance to the hand that crushes it."

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 03:15:08 -0400

“Be the flower who even gives its fragrance to the hand that crushes it.”

- Imam Ali (via serendipitousromance)

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Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:50:35 -0400

kari-shma: Australia (by ►CubaGallery)

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:12:18 -0400

kari-shma:

Australia (by ►CubaGallery)

"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:06:48 -0400

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”

- Henry Rollins (via serendipitousromance)

nativewildflowers: Let the sea set you free

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:02:28 -0400

nativewildflowers:

Let the sea set you free

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Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:18:58 -0400

"Let me put it this way, if Paris and NY were men, Paris would be more like the romantic guy that..."

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:17:20 -0400

“Let me put it this way, if Paris and NY were men, Paris would be more like the romantic guy that opens the door for you before you get into a car, you know, that guy who is so charming and perfect in every way, the safe bet, he almost seems too perfect. New York, however, would be the guy that just comes and sweeps you off your feet, that guy who takes your breath away, literally. The one you meet and almost instantly fall in love with, the one who is very difficult to trust but even more difficult to forget, that is New York. So let me ask you something, who would you take, Paris or New York?”

- Andy Torres (via obliteratedheart)

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Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:08:17 -0400

Lost in America: If you think you are beaten, you are;If you think you dare not, you...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:38:21 -0400

Lost in America: If you think you are beaten, you are;If you think you dare not, you...:

lostinamerica:

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.

If…

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justinchungphotography: Simone at the Club Monaco Fall...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:32:10 -0400

justinchungphotography:

Simone at the Club Monaco Fall Preview.

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Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:33:27 -0400

"I feel good with my husband: I like his warmth and his bigness and his being-there and his making..."

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:43:24 -0400

“I feel good with my husband: I like his warmth and his bigness and his being-there and his making and his jokes and stories and what he reads and how he likes fishing and walks and pigs and foxes and little animals and is honest and not vain or fame-crazy and how he shows his gladness for what I cook him and joy for when I make him something, a poem or a cake, and how he is troubled when I am unhappy and wants to do anything so I can fight out my soul-battles and grow up with courage and a philosophical ease. I love his good smell and his body that fits with mine as if they were made in the same body-shop to do just that. What is only pieces, doled out here and there to this boy and that boy, that made me like pieces of them, is all jammed together in my husband. So I don’t want to look around any more: I don’t need to look around for anything.”

- Sylvia Plath (via modernhepburn)