Took a break after finishing my class to say hi to Yushan at the Georgia Aquarium :)
A song to encapsulate the moment:
🎧 Romantic Flight - How to Train Your Dragon

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Took a break after finishing my class to say hi to Yushan at the Georgia Aquarium :)
A song to encapsulate the moment:
🎧 Romantic Flight - How to Train Your Dragon

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One thing I've learned from working in healthcare so far is that every person has a story worth listening to.
One tech was going to college and followed their college roommate to get certified because it sounded fun. They've been in the field for 13 years now. Another completed three years of Nursing before realizing it wasn't for them. They're chatting with a coworker who was a nurse for 24 years and loved every second of it. She only switched careers to prepare for retirement.
One little girl is being tested for sleep apnea. She's only four and this is the biggest, scariest thing to happen in her little life. She tells you how she scraped her knee earlier, shows you the boo-boo so you know how brave she is.
An elderly man has been through the system one too many times. He checks in and tells you he hopes this is the answer. He's the same kind of scared the little girl is, he just masks it under a face weathered by the system.
All of their stories and yours led here. Isn't that fascinating?
some of my recent views and a quick review for the first 7 days of july!
I ran my first ever 5k (43:38 minutes!!) and i'm very proud regardless of pace :)
this also marks 5 weeks since starting running!!!
completed a historical background and two paragraphs of intro for my thesis (up to 700 words!)
went on a 3 hour hike with a friend to see ladybugs and go bird watching
since it was a holiday weekend, I took a break from studying to spend time with family and friends, so I get to jump back into it!
also submitted a poem for a poetry magazine!
also it came to my attention that Forest, the app I use to track study time, no longer has a referral code feature. I'm gonna work it out, but if anyone is interested in studying in real time with me, or having a study group to do some parallel play, I've been looking into Flora! That way we can have a study group, track study time, and keep one another focused and accountable :)
anyway, gentle reminder that accomplishing something, no matter the time taken, will always be an achievement worth celebrating.
06.27.26 - This week with grace!
final lab work report drafted (800 words + figures)
12 hours of physics lab + lecture (feat. Huge exam!)
5.5 hours of clinical volunteering
2 hours of MCAT studying
3 grad school PIs cold emailed
thesis advisor emailed about progress points
2 miles ran so far (PR + saw horses!)
things left to do:
5 hours of part-time job
Polish and turn in lab work final report (due June 30th!)
Run at least 2 more miles (reach goal is 4 more!)
1 more hour of MCAT study (anki, jack westin, Khan Academy)
See Supergirl with friends on Sunday!
thinking about posting about some passion projects as well as my studies (writing, art projects, book reviews) because I love celebrating my existence with more than just my fundamental need to understand everything ever

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after everything is finished, don't jump into the next thing just yet. Let yourself feel the rest you deserve. If you don't have a lot of time, do something small; say hi to the bumblebees.
This week I:
Ran 2.2 mi (3.5 km) before the air quality in my area got bad
Finished my physics 2 class and took the final (yet to be graded, but yaaaaayyy!!!!)
Completed a half-length diagnostic MCAT to see where my level is before diving into content review (53% correct overall, ~491, plenty of room to improve)
Alright everyone, it's officially time for the.... Drumroll please...
Also known as me being real about studying time, goals, and performance from when I started tracking (June 17) :P
Accounting for eating and sleeping, the average time left over from June 17 through June 30 is 195 hours. Let's see how that shook out:
It's looking like most of my time was free! Sweet! But for the time that wasn't, let's look at some of our top contenders:
Part-Time Job (41 hours total)
a girl's gotta work! 41 hours, mostly consisting of 9-10hour shifts during the weekends.
Summer Class (Physics II / 26 hours total)
This period included two tests among other homework and 18 hours of lecture + lab. Test scores were a nice middle of the road, averaging an 81%.
MCAT Studying (12 hours total)
Anki
Average Time Spent: 3minutes/day
Days Missed: 5
Longest time spent: 22.61 minutes on June 29 with 251 total flashcards reviewed.
2. Jack Westin
This was the first month of doing daily passages. Let's see how we did:
The TOTAL % Correct trendline came out to be y= 0.015x + 0.521 ! This means that overall, we saw a 1.5% improvement in performance doing Jack Westin daily MCAT passages each day.
Some key points:
The PSYCH/SOC % category had relatively low passage frequency, indicate by the breaks and dots in the hot pink line.
There were three 100s! Two for CARS and one in CHEM. Woohoo! 🎉🎉
The average performance over all counting all data points was approximately 61% correct. Plenty of room to improve!
How about Hobbies?
everything that was funky, fun, and most importantly, not academic!
July 9th 2026 - mini review!
9 hours of physics lecture + lab
3 hours swimming in a lake with friends
1 hour practicing guitar
Made it to 1.2k words on my thesis! Started thinking through how I'll present! ✅
Read ~400 pages of Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson :O
Yet to do this week:
10.5 hours of my part-time job
3.5 hours of clinical volunteering
Also planning on going to a local festival after work!
If you'd like to study with me, you can find me on the Flora study app @saltycitations !! You'll be able to keep up with me studying and I think there'll be a real time study room update soon! Otherwise my DMs and/or asks are always open :)