I'm very grateful to be at this point in my life. I have made many new friends here, and even those who I am not very close to are very interesting, exciting and all around nice guys. My apartment is still taking shape - I try to get things for it when I can although it is pretty much in the same state from when I finished unpacking everything. I had an ant problem that was getting worse everyday until about a week ago when I bought ant killer/barrier and a new trashcan - it seems now that the ants are kept at bay.. for now.
It seems kind of silly that this is the topic that I chose to write about for an entry that I haven't written in about a month. The fact is that this is just what's on my mind at the moment. Today I saw a TED talk that was linked on the FIU HWCOM Class of 2015 page which talked about happiness. It was comforting to hear from the speaker that a lot of what I preach to myself was somehow confirmed by what he was talking about. He stated something along the lines that we direct our happiness in the direction of progress, at the goals we set, but if reach these goals we just make even greater goals and therefore never reach happiness. His rebuttal to this concept was that people should instead take time and be gracious about the things they already had. To do this, he suggested a plan for people to undertake so that in about 20 days, people will notice an increase in their happiness, so to speak.
The plan is the following:
I plan to do this list everyday, at least until time runs out. What I think is clever about this proposal set by this man is that by the end of 20 days, most people will more than likely develop a habit of performing these tasks everyday (perpetual bliss?). The three gratitudes are to remind ourselves of the great people and things we have in our lives. Journaling helps to reflect on everyday and to focus on the positive. Exercise keeps the body healthy and strong and also boosts confidence. Meditation prepares the mind for the upcoming day - days more efficient and more clearly thought out. Finally, random/purposeful acts of kindness bring out the best in all of us and lets us be proud of ourselves in how we treat each other.
Let's start:
Three Gratitudes -
1 - I am grateful that I am in the position to be able to say that I am working really, really hard in studying for my medical school midterm exam in the Genes, Molecules and Cells class. I know many people would really want to be in my position right now, I have to do my best!
2 - I am grateful to have a family that thinks about me everyday no matter how far away I am. Their kindness is my strength and their love my shield. I love them so much.
3 - I am grateful to be healthy. Of all things that medicine has taught me so far is that illness comes in hundreds and thousands of forms that could easily take a hold of any one of us. To be in a healthy state that I am in right now is something quite rare and for this I am very grateful.
I am blogging right now so I suppose it counts towards "journaling." The rest of the list would have to be completed tomorrow. I'm glad I set aside time today to write a little bit about what goes on in my medical school life; I've learned finally here at FIU HWCOM that you have to make time for the things you love and are passionate about.
To end I will include a picture everyday from my adventures here in Miami.
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| From Right to Left: Kamen, Me, Dr. Obeso, Ana, Mary, Kathryn, Dr. Rice, Katiuska, Luis (Lynn is in the TV interviewing a standardized patient!) |
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