Digital notes: Go Big or Go Home

I stepped into medschool throwing off the primitive ways of note-taking.

Buying an iPad seemed to be a huge take-off since I am the type of learner that easily gets distracted. My first weeks in, I actually underwent an adjustment period where I had to construct a new study habit.I had always been a lover of stationary notes, highlighters and colored brush pens. Seeing a bookstore nearby triggers chemical rushes— I JUST HAD TO BUY ALL THE GOOD COLORED PENS AND HIGHLIGHTERS.

Upgrading into digital note-taking was the best decision. I’ll give you reasons why as I elaborate further into my experience.

I saved the time of printing my notes. I didn’t need to worry about an uncooperative jammed printer. Some of the lessons in medschool can run up to 25 pages and in a week, you get almost 10 lessons or more.

The burden of carrying plenty of kilograms of books had been taken off my shoulder.

Applications like GoodNotes allow you to explore your creativity with numerous templates ranging from bullet, grid or lined papers. It also allows you to create planners and the like eliminating the need to collect stickers for a Starbucks planner (Lol, Christmas season is totally in)

You can save a lot of bucks from buying rims of bondpapers, highlighters and pens because *drumroll* they’re all in the same app!

Imagine this too—all the notes and books are in one tablet—there is no need for you to carry on the weight of having in your backpack.

The new update of iPads have allowed multitasking functions which is a really powerful upgrade.

So if you had this immense need for saving time, this is the sign.

I just have to clarify though, this is not entirely for everyone because some feel that the “paper feel” is part of their study habit.

✨✨✨ MID-SEM BREAK UPDATE ✨✨✨

1. We hit 3000 followers. Thank you so much everyone, it means a lot to me. I feel like I have people to talk to and that makes my heart so full.

2. Got some good grades back for 2 mid-sem exams and a group project that we did in the 4 week of classes. Super happy with how my grades are looking right now.

3. Speaking of grades I finished the semester with two GPA 5’s and one 6 on a 7 point scale. Don’t know how I did that online and during summer holidays.

4. Been extremely sick, include a 3 day hospital stay and 1 full day in the ER. Plus a bad head cold, for going on 2 weeks almost now! Been in a bit of a slum but tomorrow is the day I pick myself up off the floor and get stuff done.

Loving using this Papier 2018 diary! It has the perfect layout inside with space for my to-do lists and weekly tasks 😁🙌🏼 I usually find it really difficult to find a diary I like because my bullet journal is just so customized to what I need, so I am really chuffed! 

Still looking for that perfect planner for 2018? Here are some of my favourite finds from Amazon to get you super organised for 2018: bit.ly/2BghoHm

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November 17, 2019

The bearing of having positive people around you is very much vital in medicine.

Everyday, there’s this enormous load of transes and books to study. I realized lately, that medicine is indeed for the insane. The stress acquainted from medicine is not derived from the study load but from the emotional turnups, the internal breakdowns and the numerous self-doubting phenomenon if this path was indeed for me. Hence, you need people to share the same sentiments as you do.

Have you ever wanted to pursue a dream and while in the process of doing it, lost some of the drive?

In pursuing medschool, you experience it in a daily basis. You stare at the pile of notes that you haven’t halved yet. You argue at the pinnacle of your emotions whether you should allow yourself to give in to your body’s cry for sleep or to give the books another run. The next day, you take the examinations and found out that no matter how hard you studied, the number of items that you were sure hasn’t even reached half of the passing score. And then you go home trying to shove the depressing thought out of your head as you slowly fall asleep to the rhythm of your sobs. The moment you wake up is another cycle for the week. Then people ask me, “how is medschool?” In your head, you have that list of responses you have prepared even though you weren’t sure of the chances you could make it. You choose the best possible response without conflict.

It takes a lot of determination to get through pracs and examinations weekly. Everyday, I’d constantly have to remind myself that I wanted to pursue this. That this dream—has some tough patches as well. If this road doesn’t have challenges along its way, then everyone will pursue it. A screening process. As the older people have said, only the insane is sane enough to pursue medicine.