This post begins my weekly posts on Sunday nights during the study period before the national board exam I take at the end of April. Check in for updates, stories, and motivational quotes that are probably more for me than they are for you but I hope you enjoy it all anyway ;)
Today is the first day of my study period for the USMLE Step 1 exam...
and what a day it was!
The weather is miserable outside. It's been raining for two days now. I hope it isn't an omen for my NBME exam tomorrow!!! Today was a light studying day focusing on high yield topics. But before I started studying, I had quite an interesting morning. I went to Walmart for the first time since I moved to Philadelphia today. And it was great! They had lots of produce, the aisles were stocked, and everyone was really nice! I will attribute part of it to going at 8 AM because anyone up at that hour on a Sunday in the pouring rain has to be a morning person :) I found some spaghetti squash (finally!) and that made my day! I got two hehe. They had awesome pineapples and cheap kale - it was great! (Plus they had super cheap Cadbury mini-eggs but I'm still pretending like I'm not addicted to them.) I was also able to snag some things for my upcoming move for pretty cheap too.
Once I got home I was starving! I resisted the urge to stop in at Dunkin' for a donut (been seriously craving a donut for weeks!) but I was feeling like something hot and fresh. I had seen a recipe for pancakes that are just two ingredients: a ripe banana and two eggs.... could it be true?? Oh it is, and they are delicious. I cooked them up in a bit of coconut oil and they seriously hit the spot - however I did add a bit of vanilla extract.
Then it was 10 hours of review. Okay minus a 45 minute nap. But I finished so now we hope for the best. For day 2, I have a predictive exam that is 5 hours long. So, no studying tomorrow! But I'm definitely going to make sure that I'm happy with my study plan, get my meal planning set for the week, and get general organization things done. Maybe I'll even pack a bit if I'm feeling ambitious - emphasis on ambitious.
Each week I'm going to post a motivational quote - it's partly for me [ to remind myself that I can get through this next month] but I hope that it will speak to you too.
I have the plan, I have the goal, now it's time to work!
See you next week
L
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