Capricorn
"Work or school is all-consuming right now, however you define it and that may cause some friction with friends or family. Reassure them that it's temporary and then get on with it. " - Daily Horoscope
It is sometimes hard for me to believe that all the world is not in medical school. Aren't they? LOL. This is so all consuming, particularly as I face cumulative finals. Again, the elephant is being consumed, and I only have a spoon. Lab exam for anatomy is in one week covering everything since day one (I can't even remember last Friday) and all the new content. It is overwhelming sometimes, but I don't want to neglect family and friends...it is only temporary.
BTW, a new study was recently release about health, eating, drinking and language. After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here's the final word. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than in the U.S. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us. Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than us. CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
The question is which to speak to gain the most benefit 
in health and life. I think I am going to start speaking Hindi. Since there seems to be a large number of Hindi speakers in school and many in U.S. residency programs, it may actually benefit me in school and in clinical practice in the U.S. it seems.
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. 
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