You know how when you’re applying to medical school, and all your mentors tell you that it's hard, and you quietly say in your head, “It cannot be that hard if soooo many people have done it.” Well, let me just say that they were right. As a matter of fact, they underplayed how hard it was. I have never worked so hard for a C in my life!!! I have classes from eight a.m. to three p.m. on a good day, to five p.m. on a full day, and if there are extracurricular events, then maybe to six or seven. Let’s remember I have not yet studied, or relaxed, or EVEN used the toilet. (Oh yeah, time to use the toilet has to be on your planner.) Being in medical school already accounts for all of your time and most of it is scheduled for studying.
Yet with all that busy to and fro, the favorite part of my day is when I get a chance to sit down with my beautiful wife and rambunctious son. I try my best to give them 2 hours of my time daily. Yes, I know, they deserve more but it is all that I can afford. Medical school is no place for a married man. It is very inhospitable to the betrothed. My wife is very good at dealing with the neglect, because it is nothing short of that. She is at home all day with our son and she does all the necessary doings to keep a home fluid and peaceful. Thank God for her!!! My son, he keeps us smiling as much as he keeps us cleaning.
My mentors tell me that I need to keep a balance between school and my home but this is hardly a balance. It is a blatant robbery of personal and family time. Most nights, by the time I go to bed my wife is already sleeping. Some days when I finally come home my son is already sleeping and I don’t get to play with him.
So the Truth is that there is no balance between med-school and home, one just has to steal enough time from studying to keep his family intact!!!
Sincerely,
Student Dr. Hannam
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