6 Jan 2021. I had a lovely first day of M1 winter semester of med school. We had 8 hours of classes, from 8am to 5pm. I slept through the first 2. I tried to watch the 3rd while doing some yoga, and didn’t even realize when my laptop shut down halfway through the lecture.Continue reading “Post #5: M1 Winter; Humans as Chapters”
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(Post #4) Holidays: the year he died vs. 2 years later
26 Dec 2020. It’s not like before, in 2018, when everything was still so fresh in our minds. I remember New Year’s Eve in 2018 like it was yesterday. My family had just left India, where we ran a free medical camp through our non-profit organization, SaDilKa Foundation, at a destitute hospital in Gujarat. MyContinue reading “(Post #4) Holidays: the year he died vs. 2 years later”
Post #3: How I Meditate, and Why
24 Dec 2020. If you know me, you know meditation is a very important part of my life. I started meditating in late 2014, when my mental health hit its first ever low. I soon realized that poor mental health doesn’t magically fix itself, at least not in a sustainable way, so I researched waysContinue reading “Post #3: How I Meditate, and Why”
Post #2: My 4 day-trip to CA in the midst of full COVID lockdown (SF recs at end)
18 Dec 2020. I didn’t intend on booking any trips for my month-long December break, except for my official move. In fact, my finals were so tough I feared I may have to remediate during break (thankfully, I did not – my ‘educated guesses’ aka ‘pick c & move on before you overthink yourself intoContinue reading “Post #2: My 4 day-trip to CA in the midst of full COVID lockdown (SF recs at end)”