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The Best Art of Showing Up ! Medsomnia

      WHEN YOU FIRST GOT INTO MEDICAL COLLEGE 



As far as I remember, the first month was like dream come true. Remember how much you worked hard all your life , dreaming of that one thing "wearing a white apron' and approaching the patient like “what's up, how’s it going today?”.

Well that curiosity  and happiness didn't last long and before I knew I was surrounded by seldom boring life of attending the never ending classes with my batchmates of 250 members. And even after 3 yrs of college life, some faces still feel new & fresh.

I wanted to give up after a few months of college

So, what really kept me going in those hard times?

IT WAS THE ART OF SHOWING UP EVERYDAY NO MATTER WHAT

When everything I could think of during my high school was becoming a doctor and suddenly after a month I wanted to give that all up and for what ?

An unexpected boring life……

So while I was reading a book and there it mentioned that , when you feel college life boring and uneventful , just think of going to college like a job.

It’s like imagining that you are the head of the family and what does he do ? He shows up to work everyday to put food on the table for his people and when he misses a day out, he’s not paid and there’s no food for your family.

I tries this same strategy and guess what , this worked like wonders to my grades as well as my attendance in the college. It was like everyday when I woke up and took a shower , had breakfast and was out at 9 to my college .


It didn’t matter to me if I was posted to hospital in the morning and the classes in the after noon and the practicals in the evening 4 , I was there everyday like a norm.

Everyday from 9 to 5 like a corporate job , I’m there present and accounted for.

Take home message for you today 

1 - Show up everyday from 9 to 5 like a norm ( Eventhough it feels tough , at the end of the day you won’t regret going! )

2 - Somedays when life gets in the way , it’s okay to take a day off , but do not miss the next day . 

3 - It’s been three years till now and I have never regretted going everyday , rather I’m proud college doesn’t feel like college anymore, it’s more like a job to me and I must be present there for my patients.

4 - Showing up on your toughest days is what matters!

5 - It’s just going to be one more day ( Take it one day at a time ).

Thank you for your time 

Hope you learned something in this blog and make sure to apply it in your life to reap the benefits.

Comeback for more exciting life challenges of a medical student.

Take care ! Goodbye 😃





Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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