I am so excited! I feel much more grounded when I am in school. I have been thinking about my organizational plans, and I am making a goal to achieve a better school/work/life balance this year. To accomplish this, I plan to:
- use Google calender (which syncs with my phone) to plan my life. I will review my day on Google calender in the morning with breakfast and plan my day in my daytimer. I am going to use a 'time blocking' strategy rather than a to-do list.
- start my projects early, and finish them before the deadlines. I will work in a lot of small chunk rather than a big push.
- fix the holes in my knowledge immediately - no teaching myself at exam time
- drop the activities that I dislike (hospital volunteering) and try not to over commit to other things. This will be tough, because I feel like I should be at the hospital volunteering for med school, but I really do not enjoy it (I get very bored). I have applied to a number of other volunteer positions and am waiting to hear back. I think I will be starting as a crisis line volunteer in October. I am allowing myself one other position.
As a (perpetual) student, September is the start of my new year. So, it seemed like a good time to set some goals for the upcoming year. I would like to share some of them with you:
- run a half-marathon (October 1st)
- run a full marathon
- do EC's that I like
- achieve a 4.0
- spend more time with my family
- get into medical school. This last one, I do not have too much control over. I will do my best on my application and (hopeful) interviews. Past that, it is out of my hands. But, I sure am hopeful!
That is all for now. Until next time!
P.S. it is 256 days and some hours until May 15, 2012.
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