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The Irritation of the Soul
I am exhausted. I am overwhelmed. I am overstimulated. This post should be longer, but it it 10:15 pm and I have to be up at three am. I am having an emotionally horrid month. I am a first year… Continue reading
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On Finding Joy in the Challenges
Last week, I was working the second half of a twenty four hour shift when I received a call about an incoming lung transplant surgery patient. Our institution is renowned for its transplant surgeries, specifically lung transplants. In 2025, according… Continue reading
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The Man Who Loved Westerns
This post was written on January 30th, 2026 0400 The following is an obituary, of sorts. It is a story of a man I knew only very briefly, but who I will likely remember for a long time Early this… Continue reading
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Marital Tiffs, and the Process of Figuring It Out
This week’s post is five days late. It is also not what I wanted to post about. But it is 06:34am, I just had a drawn out argument with my husband, and I am on night shift schedule so I… Continue reading
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Anxiety Management, or Musings of the Unrested Mind
On Jan 9th 2026 around 11pm I said goodnight to my younger sister and my niece, both of whom had come by visit me this weekend, and turned in for the night with my husband. Two hours ago, I was… Continue reading
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Praise for the Unserious, Or The Practice of Self-Love
I began the year 2024 in a state of complete devastation. The December prior I found out I had not been selected for a position as a General Surgery intern. It took me four months to feel as though I… Continue reading
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Roller Coasters, and Lessons From a Wall
Last summer, my family decided to take a small holiday. My aunt and cousins lived I Pennsylvania, but despite the relatively short drive our busy schedules made it nearly impossible to visit one another. That Saturday afternoon, we made our… Continue reading
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