365 Days Remain

It doesn't surprise me that I haven't written in this blog in a little over a year. Not at all.

There were and still are plenty about myself that I didn't know about. There are obstacles and walls that blocked my path for the longest time that I didn't seem to recollect that until recently have become blindingly obvious. Much like trying to drive with the emergency brake on, my problems didn't show so much of a problem only once the impediment was unveiled and not allowed to impede my way.

For this reason, and to prevent potential catastrophe, I have decided to take a leave of absence from medical school for 1 calendar year. I will be finishing up my second year with the final class, neurology, with the class of 2016. One of my worries about going about this was having to explain to my classmates why I am taking a leave of absence. On the one hand, it truly is none of their business, but they would probably think like any other person would think that I have failed the year, which is simply not the case.

Thanks to the advice of my friends, I decided not to care about what others thought and just do what I think is right; to do what is truly important.

I want to write in here more consistently. It is part of my goals for this year to develop good habits; keeping track of my life and having memories on place here feels like the right thing to do.

Now, onward with the rest of my to-do list.

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