I didn't wake up and think, This will be a day I remember forever. I probably woke up and asked my dad to take me to Burger King for a sausage, egg, and cheese Croissan'wich. Because this was summer, this was middle school, this was 2003. Later that night, the setting was suburban. The occasion … Continue reading Newsletter #117: Rinse the Chlorine Off, Repeat
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Newsletter #105: Unhinged for Good Reason
We all have that one thing we need to be okay. A tidy house. Cardio. Diet Mountain Dew. A washed car. Vanderpump Rules. My thing is sleep. If everything else goes to hell, I'll be fine. If I've had eight hours of sleep. By the end of residency, sleep was my Alamo. The cavalry was … Continue reading Newsletter #105: Unhinged for Good Reason
Newsletter #100: The Wrong Turn to Right
Why did I stay inside medicine for so long? Why didn't I quit after a year? Or two? Or seven? I always knew what I wanted—which was to quit medicine—but I took one wrong turn and kept driving. For eight years. Why?!?!?!? My best guess is that I needed it. I went to medical school … Continue reading Newsletter #100: The Wrong Turn to Right
