I'm doing 24 things
...but it’s done. I think applying to medical school is enough evidence of taking more (reasonable) risks. I also cut my own hair recently. Bam!
silveremerald's Life List
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1. meditate for 10 minutes a day
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2. learn Spanish
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3. acquire a baby
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4. Improve my posture
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5. eat 3 servings of fruit daily
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6. see my friends more often
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7. spend less time comparing myself to other people
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8. stay positive
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9. enjoy the present
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10. have bilingual children
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11. live abroad again
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12. protect my skin from the sun
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13. eat less dairy
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14. enjoy my twenties
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15. dye my hair blonde
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16. be more grateful
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17. have a garden
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18. eat more vegetables
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19. drink tea daily
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20. clean the bathroom once a week
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21. learn the Persian alphabet
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22. read an entire Xataka Ciencia article without looking up any words
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23. Knit a Doctor Who scarf
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24. make pumpkin doughnuts
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: It was about 3 years from the time I started thinking about going into healthcare to getting in. For almost the whole time, I was unsure about whether I should be a doctor, nurse, PA, or something else. I took medical school pre-requisites and volunteered, but I still wasn't sure. I even took all of the pre-requisites for nursing school, but after 2-1/2 years of vacillating, I finally decided that medicine was a better fit for me and I ne… Read how I did it…
It made me
feel responsible!
How I did it: I have to admit that I had an incentive--I got a reward for doing it from the program I volunteer with. I started getting dizzy at the end, and the nurse told me to cough so my diaphragm wouldn't clamp down on my aorta, which apparently happens sometimes. I'd never heard that before, but it did seem to help! Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Well... the actual baking process only took one day, but there was a long time between making it a goal and actually doing it!I just looked through a cookbook, got inspired, and made brioches au chocolat! I followed the recipe carefully (way more carefully than usual!), and the brioches turned out really well. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I got a 38! Sort of unbelievable.
13 PS
13 VR
12 BS
N1C Writing
(N1C = no one cares!)
I think it was a combination of being good at standardized tests, luck, and studying. Probably in that order, sadly.
Cuando tomo un descanso de trabajar (para el almuerzo), leo menudo artículos sobre salud de BBC Mundo. Está más facíl leer estos artículos que otros, porque mi vocabulario tiene más palabras de medicina, salud, y hallazgo.
...Paso demasiado tiempo usando el Internet! Pero esto, al menos, es un buen uso del tiempo.
Desafortunadamente, no paso mucho tiempo (cualquier tiempo…) hablar con otras personas, pero creo que mi habilidades de español han mejorado a pesar de esto.
