Guys and girls, welcome back to TWB. Every week I attempt to spice up your tedious lives. From now on I’ll post on Saturdays instead of Fridays, because my schedule shifted a bit. I had 200+ messages yesterday, concerned about me not posting, so I posted a story explaining that I don’t post on Fridays anymore. Nah, I’m lying. I currently have less than 50 subscribers,but I blame the people for not sharing my posts and not making sure these posts reach far and wide. Anyways, I’m a med student so let's talk a bit about that.
A year ago, if you told me i’d be studying medicine I would've laughed in your face. I actually wanted to study economics, funny enough. It’s actually crazy how life plays out.
Okay so why medicine then? Basically, long story short, it was my best option at the current time and still now actually. Legally I couldn’t go to the university I wanted before my certificate wasn't recognised there blah blah blah… the education “system” in Cairo is overly complicated for no reason whatsoever. So after days of pondering, and being given advice by family I decided to start Medicine.
In Egypt, med student are absolutely glorified. You’re on the top of the student food chain and I’m lovin’ it.
The only problem is that I entered university with the TV show expectations of a university. Vibrant campuses with everyone having the time of their lives. Oh boy was I wrong. The faculty in my university has no soul. 90% of the people there are just textbooks with glasses on. Did I mention that it's boys only? Lord have mercy.
A couple of my friends from school study medicine with me so its’s fine. I skip lectures and attend practicals for 2 hours, 4 days a week (there’s actually 5 days but I give myself a day off why not?).
Do I regret it though? No. Definitely not. I’m actually glad that I didn’t decide to study economics because FOUR years invested into that wouldn’t have been the best play for me. I feel like the “loving what you study” concept doesn't HAVE to be a condition, but i’m not telling you to be miserable though. It’s not like I jump out of bed to study medicine, but I find it interesting sometimes. It's definitely more work than fun for me.
The amount of studying you have to do is actually criminal. I’m literally first year, and the amount of material we need to cover is INSANE. It's irritating when studying gets in the way of your gym time, or hanging out with friends. Even sleep at times.
I’m not sure what my future would look like as a doctor though. I started to watch Grey's ’s anatomy (medical show) and they romanticised the doctor/surgeon life so count me in. Kind of unrealistic though. How’s a love triangle being formed in the middle of a surgery?
The part I love about being a med student is bamboozling my friends by overcomplicating sentences. Instead of saying I need the toilet I’d say : the smooth muscle of my internal urinal sphincter is relaxed.
“To the hopeless, life is a timer to be snoozed. A pain to be alleviated.” - Abdullahi Adam
Anyway medicine is a long flipping journey. Just because I have a medical degree doesn't mean i’ll strictly be a doctor. As the Quran states : “and the earth of Allah is spacious”. I don’t want to be chained in one location or occupation. What’s the point of the earth being this huge if we can't explore it?
I’d like to ask you guys a couple of questions:
1- Do you enjoy what you're studying?
2- Thoughts on study what you “love” only concept ?
3- What a healthy work/ fun social stuff balance looks like for you?
Until next time on TWB ✌🏾
Thoughts on studying what you "love" only?i
Wow mashallah another well written article that reminds people about the bigger picture. Waiting for next week's one inshallah.