I've actually been pleasantly surprised with my lack of panic of late. Early in the year when I was liking my surgery rotation, I felt a tiny panic. Opening more doors meant decisions would be harder to make and there were still so many doors to peep through this year! But then Family Medicine came along and showed me the way (oddly enough, it showed me the way to adult primary care). The deal was more or less sealed when I started my pediatrics rotation last month. It was rough at first in my 2 weeks of community practice, and then things got better in specialties and newborn nursery (a very busy, fun week of mostly healthy infants). But even though I found myself liking Pediatrics and the practitioners thereof, it just doesn't feel right (again I said it!). And Family Medicine is out because it seems like a waste of time, time that would be better spent learning more in depth about the population I do want to see, training for a population I'd really rather not see in my practice (sorry, kiddos). So, even though I haven't actually-officially done my internal medicine rotation, it is pretty much decided--sigh of relief--.
Now I just have to get Boards Part II under my belt, a solid team of advisers, a few good letters of recommendation, and I think I'll be on my way: ready to apply for residency, that is.
Those things aside, I'm not much into resolving to do things this year. I could improve/fine-tune some personality traits like projecting confidence and remembering to be a "yes" woman. I would love to find more time for exercise and healthy eating. But you know how those types of resolutions go...
Anyway, I wanted to wish you all (how ever few of you there are) a Happy, Healthy New Year!
