Just Another Day in My Chaotic Medical Student Life

I woke up at 10 AM to my phone blaring, feeling as though I’d barely slept. After dragging myself out of bed, I freshened up and made “breakfast,” which was really just a bowl of cereal. Honestly, that’s about as gourmet as it gets on most days.

Lately, I’ve been posted in cardiac surgery, and let me tell you, it’s humbling. I’ve realized my brain is like a sieve—I can’t seem to remember anything I’ve learned in the past two years. How am I supposed to survive this?

I had this ambitious plan to study the anatomy of the heart today. But, of course, life had other plans. I also needed to tackle some OBGYN work. I told myself, “Okay, I’ll start at 12.” Spoiler alert: 12 o’clock came and went, and I didn’t even glance at my books. So, I pushed it to 2 PM, thinking, “What’s another couple of hours?” Surprisingly, at 2, I actually started studying.

I managed to finish a chapter on vomiting in pregnancy. Not exactly thrilling, but hey, progress is progress. After that, I decided to procrastinate productively and created a Notion template for a book tracker. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to start reading again, and this felt like a good start.

Later in the day, I headed out for my driving lesson. Let’s just say it was 60 minutes of pure struggle, but at least I didn’t hit anything! I came back home exhausted and found a text from an old classmate I hadn’t spoken to in 10 years. It felt strange but nice, like opening a time capsule.

Before I knew it, the day was slipping away. I downloaded a bunch of PDFs for next year’s coursework—always something to prepare for in this MBBS life—and then suddenly remembered, “Oh, right! My blog!” So here I am, wrapping up the day by writing about it.

Some days feel like I’m just floating from one task to the next, but looking back, I think I did okay. At least I’m trying. And that’s got to count for something, right?

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