FRI-YAY 🍟🍟🍟🍟 we made it fam! AND IM ABOUT TO KEEP IT REAL. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I literally crawled to the finish line this week. Flu-shot battle scars (seriously, like I have a giant welt- anyone else?!), post exam blues, and two new pimples friends decided to show up on my face. 😂
One topic I wanted to tackle today is this perception of perfection. In medicine there is this intangible expectation that we are perfect. Perfect grades, perfect scores, perfectly ironed white coats, and perfectly poised ALL OF THE TIME. I have gotten DM’s from several of you guys about how I’m “I’m killing it”, and “make it seem easy” in PA school. And while I appreciate the support, I want to be very clear about how much of a struggle I am on a daily basis 😂 I might have my hair and face on point some days, but I have three weeks worth of laundry piled up, and maybe can count on one hand how many times I’ve made my bed this semester. I have failed exams. I have papers stacked up on my dresser, and scrubs all over my floor 🤷🏻♀️ not to mention the piles of papers I refuse to organize on my desk 🤦🏻♀️😬 My hair is literally all dry shampoo, I should probably buy stock in Bed Head at this point. I had an exam Thursday that I walked out wondering wha the hell I have been paying attention too all semester because I swear we didn’t go over 10 over those topics we were tested on🤕🧐 but hey this is PA school, welcome to the struggle. You learn how to roll with the failures and take it in stride. It took me a while to get to this mindset, but the sooner you do the more serenity you’ll find in your day-to-day with school.
Remember, nobody’s perfect (peep my favorite shirt 😏). Be kind to yourself, don’t compare your journey to anyone else’s seemingly perfect instagram life. Forgive yourself and others for our short comings. We are all just trying to hang onto this crazy ride. 💕💕
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