Medical School

Medical School and Medical career entirely is all about Sacrifice. It's a decision of choosing a road that includes a lot of hardships and challenges that could take up every bit of sanity in one's self. The fight doesn't start on the very first day that you meet your very first patient, it doesn't start on the first day of work. It starts when you made the decision that this is who you want to be.

They say that time is the most important thing you could ever give someone, because it is something that you cannot take back.

And in this career, every second is wanted.

Not a blink, not a pause, no rest is permitted. Here, you choose others before your very own.

Weekends mean your time alone, or if lucky enough maybe an hour or two with people who share the same sentiments.

You get to miss the things that used to make you happy, simple pleasures in life that you deeply enjoy.
And it gets you sometimes, that just a simple movie that you missed could burst you into tears.

You don't get to see people you love often, knowing they're having all the time in their life, and you wonder, am i just letting my life pass me by?

You forget all other dreams you got, and justify that: well this is what i chose, I must stand up for this.

You put other things on hold. And wonder, would they still be there when I'm done with this... and well... will this ever be done?

Holidays get lesser and lesser, to the extent that you spend your Christmas and new years with people you dont even know.

You get to share your time and give hope to families who are not even yours and take for granted your own.

And maybe , if these things bother you , then maybe this is not what you're meant to be.

But if at the end of the day, you're fulfilled in the things that you've done for others, and it makes you sleep peacefully at night that you followed this dream, then maybe you're on the right path.

And its okay to cry sometimes, and feel alone and deprived.
But tomorrow, if you're still wanting this over and over, then its okay. It's okay to break down. Afterall, we are still humans.

WE all have our own battles in life.

And in this war... the FIGHT never ends.