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May the 10 of Pentacles bless your account with more money than you can spend. 💵✨

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“You only work 4 days a week! That’s part time!”

Yeah, and I need 4 days to recover from it.

I feel like medicine is different than other jobs in the sense that it is both a physically demanding and mentally demanding job. 

Jobs like construction are mostly physical, move this, lift that, hammer stuff (clearly I know a lot about construction, but roll with this for a sec) where as jobs that are primarily mentally demanding are sitting based or minimally physical, such as researchers or data analysts or computer programmers. 

Medicine is both. I need to figure out why my A/Ox4 patient is suddenly A/O x none and losing their shit, trying to crawl out of bed even though they just had a ORIF of their femur, all the while trying to wrestle them back into bed. 

I wore my fitbit the other day and on a ‘slow’ 8h shift I walked 25km. 

That’s fucking insane!

At the end of the day my brain is spent and my body is tired, so heres a personal fuck you to everyone who is all ‘thats part time! you can totally pick up more shifts!! why don’t you meal prep for the next 4 evening shifts when you get home from your 5 day shifts!’ like fuck no I need to sleep 

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The rich are getting more rich tho

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What to do if you suddenly find yourself homeless

FOOD

Find your nearest food bank or mission, for food

grocery stores with free samples, bakeries + stores with day-old bread

different fast food outlets have cheaper food and will generally let you hang out for a while.

some dollar stores carry food like cans of beans or fruit

SHELTER

Sleeping at beaches during the day is a good way to avoid suspicion and harassment

sleep with your bag strapped to you, so someone can’t steal it

Some churches offer short term residence

Find your nearest homeless shelter

Look for places that are open to the public

A large dumpster near a wall can often be moved so that flipping up the lids creates an angled shelter to stay dry

HYGIENE

A membership to the YMCA is usually only 10$, which has a shower, and sometimes laundry machines and lockers.

Public libraries have bathrooms you can use

Dollar stores carry low-end soaps and deodorant etc.

Wet wipes are all purpose and a life saver

Local beaches, go for a quick swim

Some truck stops have showers you can pay for

Staying clean is the best way to prevent disease, and potentially get a job to get back on your feet

Pack 7 pairs of socks/undies, 2 outfits, and one hooded rain jacket

OTHER

first aid kit

 sunscreen

 a travel alarm clock or watch

 mylar emergency blanket

 a backpack is a must

 downgrade your cellphone to a pay as you go with top-up cards

 sleeping bag

 travel kit of toothbrush, hair brush/comb, mirror

 swiss army knife

 can opener

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During a mini case presentation and the other groups ask you hard questions...

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“I’d like to purchase the maximum amount of boxes of Sudafed I can get without reaching my daily limit”-Customer

With that comment…that maximum amount is zero

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Are you aware of the signs for both a ruptured and unruptured aneurysm?

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Reblog if you are a active Studyblr:

Psychology

Medicine

Neurology

Pharmacy

Biology

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Doctor: I just sent off your prescription. It should be ready by the time you get to the pharmacy.

Pharmacy: lol no

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Best Store of the Year 2, 1989

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“Brains are very squeezy. Have any of you touched a brain? Well, they’re very squeezy.”

— Dynamics Professor discussing material properties

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looking “professional”

i grew up in a very liberal, hip area. my hometown is heavy on the tech industry; nobody bats an eye at young men walking into their 9-5 jobs wearing jeans and a graphic tee.

medicine is, from my impression, much more conservative. i got my hair cut short recently (as a woman) and while i would have loved to try shaving the side of my head, one of the reasons i didn’t was because i didn’t know if i’d be able to get by with it (especially moving to the midwest).

before i cut my hair, i dyed it purple. part of it was “before i cut my hair short,” part of it was “before i start med school.” my sister, the one time she dyed her hair, did it before she started vet school. my friend, who will be applying for health programs next year, has made the decision to cut the last of her dyed hair off before interviewing. i remember interviewing at a med school and specifically asking a student with purple hair if they planned on keeping it when they got to their clinical years. they answered that they would like to, but they would decide when they got there based on the reactions of the doctors they’d be working with (who would also be grading them). when i got into med schools, i started reading their student handbooks and specifically checking if they said anything about dyed hair.

i’m lucky that my school doesn’t say anything, though i’m not sure i want to dye my hair right now anyway. with short hair, everything grows out so quickly and it just seems too annoying. instead, i’ve decided that i want to pierce my ears. the plan is to get a double helix piercing on one ear with rings.

one thing i was definitely concerned about was what kind of impression that would give off. for me, it’s definitely a concern because i no longer have long hair that i can use to hide it in certain settings. i’m not too worried; it’s not that uncommon and i don’t plan on getting ostentatious pieces put in. but it is annoying that my school’s rule in their handbook is that you cannot have three or more piercings per ear. of course, it’s an entirely different matter if/how it is enforced, but it’s annoying that it’s a factor that i have to consider. i have plenty of friends with multiple piercings; i’ve never thought that it looked unprofessional as long as the jewelry pieces were small and tasteful. it just seems like such a small and silly thing to be controlling.

why are we so concerned with appearances? i hope that in the future, we are more relaxed about these things. my career should not affect my ability to express myself as an individual.

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Praying for a miracle in gen chem next year, honestly.

#post

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things that take time:

- loving yourself

- meaningful relationships

- accepting who you are

- recovery

- healing from heartbreak

- changing habits

- improving at a skill

- achieving your goals