Stop and smell the roses

A new semester has just begun. The toughest, most grueling one of the three according to prior students because of two major subjects, Medical- Sugical and Pharmacology. I wouldn't be as worried if they only required extensive reading and memorization but there's the dreaded MATH. Like driving, Math is and has always been my Achilles heel. I have struggled with it since highschool, ignored it in college and now it's back with swift and painful retribution which I am ready to face, win or lose.

I'm now in a world of books, painstaking hours in isolation, waking up before everyone else does and hospital duties. I make it sound like a jail sentence but I love it , this is what I chose to do and am fully aware of what I'm taking myself into. If it weren't for the Math part it would have been good. Well that's life. One thing I like is I don't have trouble sleeping. My body is so sleep deprive it feels drugged so whenever 8pm hits I'm out, dead tired. I usually have trouble sleeping before but during time of stress, sleep is the fastest remedy.

My routine right now starts at 5am and usually ends around 3pm. I stay for a couple more hours studying until the libray closes at 8pm. It's actually a good routine because aside from keeping on top of my reading I don't get stuck in traffic.

Starting the day early really requires discipline but once you get a hang of it, it's very beneficial because more things are done plus I can devote at leat 30 minutes to praying and just having quiet time alone in the car at the school parking lot while finishing breakfast. So it basically forces me to live a more balanced life compared to just running around aimlessly. Sometimes I get caught up and forget about nurturing my spiritual well-being and fail to realize that amidst the adversities I am still very fortunate and blessed in a lot of ways.

So thank God for a wonderful life!