Be Better Than Good Enough
Anyone who knows me, knows that I don’t watch movies. I haven’t seen a single Star Wars movie, any of the Batman movies, or Fight Club (but I don’t think I’m supposed to talk about Fight Club even if I had seen it). While I openly admit it now, it […]
I looked at the menu for a while trying to decide between a latte and hot cocoa. I had never been to this cafe in Chicago so wanted to make sure that I chose correctly. When the server came to take our order I asked for his opinion. Cocoa or […]
I doubt he remembers, but I do. I remember because it has been seven years and I still carry with me what he told me that morning. I was a student teacher my senior year of college. Every teacher had a morning duty and on the way to mine I […]
Earlier tonight, the current residents finished their final practicals. One at a time, they got up in front of the group and went through their assessment, clinical decision-making and treatment on a patient. They were in the center of the room as the residency faculty, fellow residents and a handful […]
A friend’s mom started sending her brain teasers last week. The first one was a word problem and I was instantly hooked. It took a few minutes to get, but the challenge was welcomed (I love words). The second one required you to complete a pattern of numbers. Now, I […]
The coursework was done and only a few clinicals separated me from graduation. I knew I was so close to the finish line. However, one of those final clinicals was not what I wanted nor what I expected. There were a lot of aspects I didn’t like and I was […]
The other week, I got home and noticed a cocoon in the bush outside my apartment. I looked closer and watched a caterpillar collecting pine needles off the bush. I realized that I had never seen this before. I had never actually witnessed a caterpillar building a cocoon. I couldn’t […]
I don’t feel like writing this tonight. I’ve been struggling all week to write for one reason or another. This is the closest I’ve come to not posting and I’m unsettled by that truth. I struggle with consistency and I have my whole life. When I was younger I’d assemble only […]
Three quarters of the way to fifty-two books. Last year, I set out to do 52 books in 52 weeks, but I fell short reading 38 books. Now, I’ve hit 39. These last thirteen books I read were all recommendations from others and they were awesome (so thank you!). Check […]
“You seem tired,” she told me. I was tired. It was the Monday morning after my residency interview in Indiana, my boards were in two weeks, and I had been in the car fourteen hours the day before. But, the comment still bothered me. I was not my usual self […]