see.new.path

This isn't news to most of our (limited) reader base but she (the blog creator and updater) is currently going through a career change. This may not seem like a big deal except I am switching careers into medicine and starting on a marathon journey. Last year, I started with day 1: biology 1o1 surrounded by a classroom full of freshmen. A journey in medicine is just that... a journey.

I am 27 and won't actually see my own patients until I am almost 40. What the heck am I thinking? Well I ask myself that EVERYDAY! And, if I had the time I would list the million and 1 reasons why I want to do this but it boils down to 1 reason: it is a passion and desire that is internal, like a broken record or (because i am currently taking physics) a positive personal force, much like gravity, that is unseen but felt. I tried for years to take the "easier" route by ignoring it and becoming interested in something else to save myself the years of study, class time, library time... but if you have ever just "known" something was for you then you also know it will nag you and keep you up at night and apply pressure until you move.

I am currently taking "post-bacc pre-requisite" classes to apply to medical school, if I am accepted into med school, I will matriculate Fall 2013. The choice to change careers is very personal and was not taken lightly... I agonized about this decision discussed it with family, friends, michael, the dog... pretty much anyone who would listen and when I applied to post-bacc schools my stomach was in knots.

But here I am and the best encouragement I can get is when I meet, read about and listen to others who made the leap just like me. That's why, getting this story from my sister this morning was a wonderful confidence boost. Thanks Jen :0)