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Oh I forgot to report my today's progress.
Well , I did 50 questions at the end of chapter 2. Then read Fungi . These guys are not fun at all .In my med. college days fungi were not hot as we did not used to have immunocompromised and AIDS patients in my country then.Memorising their names and stuff is hard for me. Will try to listen to the lecture before going to bed.
OK guys , good nite now .
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hey guys
today was really sad day ,but then i guess it was important ,i needed to feel guilty cz after moving i did take a break and still i wasnt gettig back to my books. but now my hubby made a timetable 4 me ,according to that i have to study 12 hrs ,and 4 hrs break.he said he is gonna read my prep journal everyday,heheheh.
mytime and unique thank u sooooooo much for all ur encouraging words. u guys r wonderful ppl and always a great support.
as per ur instruction unique , not that i did alot today ,but started mrs( b4 the weekend).
but today i did chp 2 3 4 5 and 5. tomorrow INSHA ALLAH will be a bettr day, i plan to study after fajar prayer ,lets see if i can do it.
thats it 4 today .
thanx alot guys for being ther always .
zenith ,target ,proctalgia, flowmeter, where r u all.
shrunt , jaide and oldkidontheblock,keep going guys. u guys r great.
good night
take care and goodluck
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Hi guys... Its nice to see how its working for you! Its so nice to see that everyone is helping each other to sail through!! well... I am planning to take my exam in october...
I have decided to walk with you guys! Just that it feels good to be with the people who are going through the same things, tensions, irritations and still standing up high to fight!
I am gonna post my studies everyday in here... whatever I get done in a day!! or even if I will not study I will mention that....Please guys I need your support and encouragement!! I hope that you guys will help me to get through this! I am sure that I will get the words of wisdom from you all and also its a good platform to share my work with you all...
Good lcuk to everyone! We all are gonna rock!!!
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hey dartikaz
welcome to the group. no doubt the ppl over here r amazingly nice ,and very very helpful. i m sure u ll like it here. i know it feels good when u r among ppl who r going thru the stuff that ur ,then u dunt feel to be the odd one.
well goodluck,and welcome. hope to see ur progress everyday.
u take care
happy study every on eelse
TARGET& ZENITH: where r u girls ?
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Hey seems looks like u did it...good girl!
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Hi Friends
First of all I would like to welcome dartikaz. You are most welcome as a new friend and indeed this is the nicest place to be for your studies where people help each other to move on. It would be nice if you could give a brief introduction of yourself too...
Well, I am back after the night call...wasn't that busy apart from an arguement with a stupid physician over patient management which spoilt my mood He is an idiotic chap and everyone knows about it. He is least sincere with his patients and the good thing is that he is thriving well in this system. I wish I would have been working with dedicated people in US/UK rather than these stupid people who are recruited on the merit of language (Arabic) rather than their qualification and what they worry about is their paycheck rather than the patient.
Anyway, I will start off with Micro Inshallah today. I finished all the videos of Immuno which were not that helpful but did clear few concepts. I think watching once is sufficient. Now that unique has said that she may watch video of Micro I am thinking what to do.. I don't know if the lectures match notes or they are also entirely different as of Immuno.
MYTIME: I didn't buy anything while shopping apart from grocery except I guess I bought time off studies and that helps. Infact I watched a movie too.
SEEMS: I would suggest you to finish Micro and Immuno alongwith Bio and Pharma before going for patho coz then only it will all start making sense and you will benefit most. I would suggest you to make a schedule and stick it on the wall and look in mirror and tell yourself that you will finish this one by one and after finishing you take a break of 2 days and go watch a movie or fishing
PROCTALGIA: Friend you are doing great, just keep up the good work
UNIQUE : how much micro is left for you?
I wonder where are the others...SHRUNT, TARGET, ZENITH, FLOWMETER...
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Hi Friends
First of all I would like to welcome dartikaz. You are most welcome as a new friend and indeed this is the nicest place to be for your studies where people help each other to move on. It would be nice if you could give a brief introduction of yourself too...
Well, I am back after the night call...wasn't that busy apart from an arguement with a stupid physician over patient management which spoilt my mood He is an idiotic chap and everyone knows about it. He is least sincere with his patients and the good thing is that he is thriving well in this system. I wish I would have been working with dedicated people in US/UK rather than these stupid people who are recruited on the merit of language (Arabic) rather than their qualification and what they worry about is their paycheck rather than the patient.
Anyway, I will start off with Micro Inshallah today. I finished all the videos of Immuno which were not that helpful but did clear few concepts. I think watching once is sufficient. Now that unique has said that she may watch video of Micro I am thinking what to do.. I don't know if the lectures match notes or they are also entirely different as of Immuno.
MYTIME: I didn't buy anything while shopping apart from grocery except I guess I bought time off studies and that helps. Infact I watched a movie too.
SEEMS: I would suggest you to finish Micro and Immuno alongwith Bio and Pharma before going for patho coz then only it will all start making sense and you will benefit most. I would suggest you to make a schedule and stick it on the wall and look in mirror and tell yourself that you will finish this one by one and after finishing you take a break of 2 days and go watch a movie or fishing
PROCTALGIA: Friend you are doing great, just keep up the good work
UNIQUE : how much micro is left for you?
I wonder where are the others...SHRUNT, TARGET, ZENITH, FLOWMETER...
Take care and keep posting....
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Hey Oldkid how come they let u double post ? u are so resourceful...
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Hey Dartikaz.........what is that?
I wanted to welcome u into the group..looks like u'll be taking ur exam soon enough...so where are u with u studying right now and tell us a bit abt urself?
its a great place to be this journal a whole lot of supportive and hard-working ppl. Good Luck...hope to see u back soon.
I did some qs yesterday and am still on the same chapter...i so hope to finish today i faked not feeling well so i didn't have to drive and cud study in the extra time..... so off i'm.
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Hi all.... Thank you sooooo much for this warm welcome! I cant tell you how good I am feeling now.... Looks like I am all set to go with my friends along!
Introducing myself... well.. I am IMG doing my masters in US. No family responsibilities but the amount of work takes care of it... Simultaneously I am working as research assistant and doing my clinical internship in cardiac rehab. I have finished first reading from kaplan and lil bit from here and there... started soing questions but not getting good output.. I have started doing biochem this morning and thinking of doing patho 3chapters per day from BRS. I have read patho from kaplan but didnt find it helpful enough. So last week I printed the whole BRS and will start it today. Shouldn't take more than 10 days if time permits me... I hope I should learn time management along with all this. Its sooooo tough to keep your eyes wide open and brain alert after whole day's work...
seems, mytime and oldkidontheblock thank you very much for your support!! I wanted to get those word of encouragement...
@mytimes... dartikaz...hehhhee... dont worry... thats not a hacker's id... I am good girl!!
Well... its 11am already... I have lab work at 2-6pm.. so at least try to get as much studies as possible...
TODAY"S TARGET: biochem chapters: 11-16, Patho BRS: chapters: hemodynamic dysfunction, genetic disorders and Immune disorders ( I dont like them much but I am interested to learn how they have explained the these topics in BRS)... will also look at the Question from Robbins Patho review on the same topics... Oh yeah.. I need to finish biostatistics 3chapters from new book for my tomorrow's class... Guys I tell you the prof is from Harvard and just awesome statistician.. Hopefully will get some stat Qs right on my exam too... hehehehhehhe... When you excel in one thing you excel in everything!!!!
So.... lets go back to work!! There is still so much I can do today! The day 15th Aug. is never gonna come back in my life again!!! So the day TODAY I love you and so... lets start working together on our mission... we have to make it!!!
Thanks again to all you guys!!! Good luck!! Enjoy the learning!!!
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hi guys,
after returning back to studies am feeling very rusty... i feel though i can still study at an acceptable pace but my concentration and attention span has gone down drastically.
now i study for a few hours. then take a break. after that i dont want to touch my books. so yesterday i did not touch my books. but i hope its a passing phase and soon i'll be able to snap out of this stage. today i'll again try to exert myself. i'll keep my progress report coming on my prep diary. but so far it needs a lot of improvement.
to seems: hey don't misread the signals ur mind is giving to u. it's all good u are feeling the way u are feeling. let me explain what i mean. when we are feeling all good and smug thats the time we begin to let our guard down. begin to relax and without consciouly realizing start trying less hard. its a universal human nature to become overconfident when we begin to feel we are too good or that we got everything under control.
On the other hand, when we feel miserable, down n out, guilty for not being good enough and simply get this sinking feeling that we are incapable of reaching our goal no matter what, then we can react in one of the 2 ways, a hard way and an easier way. instinctively a vast majority of us tend to take the easy way out coz that's the way our instincts are wired, take the path of least resistance. so we tend to become escapists when we are feeling miserable. we just want to do something that would quickly stop us from feeling that way, which in our case would be to stop studying till we can put that feeling behind us and feel ready to study again. that was the easy way. the harder way and which goes against our natural instincts is that we do more of what causes us to feel uncomfortable and keep doing it till we become desensitized to it and in later stages actually start enjoying being there coz by then we would have accomplished a lot of things we never thought we were capable of. this is the hard way coz its pretty tough initially to feel miserable and continue feeling that way for weeks. but human beings are extrely resilient in the sense that if they are put in unfavorable situations and there is no escape from that situation then they adapt very remarkably well to it provided they are made to realize that there is no easy way out and the only way out is to learn to deal with this high pressure situation.
So now what you are experiencing is precisely that. You are feeling intimidated by USMLE and your instincts tell you to just let go and take a "time-out" to ease the pressure. Your conscience makes you feel guilty by saying that you would let yourself and your parents down if you take the easy way out and that you must do the opposite and dig in your heels. You find yourselves in a situation where you have to make a choice. And thats presurrizing you even more.
So basically you are in a situation where most of us have already been or will be there eventually. and its an ongoing process for everyone who wants to get a job done. Like I was there a few weeks ago, at the time i joined this group, i needed a little push to choose the hard way, and this group and all you wonderful people just gave that. so i went ahead and chose the hard way and just went on dealing with doing what i found so hard every day, studying. eventually it had begun to feel a little easier. and then i had to take a sudden break. so now i am back to where i started. i dont feel like studying. i am trying to study but cant get it right. this is making me feel guilty and a bit asahmed. so essentially either i can take a time out and let me "settle in" or i can just let this feeling grow more intense by setting tougher targets and feel even more guilty by not being able to meet them and so on until this feeling starts acting in a way where it starts pushing me ahaed rather than pulling me back. i will choose the hard way and let this feeling of guilt work for me eventually rather than against me. it has happened before and it will happen again, provided i can bear it for a few weeks non-stop.
so seems, just dont give up. its just a passing phase. if u stick it out through this, u will overcome it and eventually you will win. it's all in your own hands.
good luck to everyone.
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thanx a million shrunt
u r absoutely right. that what i have been doing since i moved ,i have been escaping and chosing the easy way ,but since too day i was feeling horrible and then i thought to make this guilt feeling ofmine ,my strength,and yesterday th ewhole day i sat with my mcro book, i didnt do much but i m happy i atleast tried and did not search 4 a way to escape ,by opening other subjects.
u r very right shrunt it really works,its tough to choose the hard way ,but as u said humans can adapt to any situation ,it just takes some effort.
thank u sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo very much 4 taking out time and explaning it to me i really needed it ,and ur diagnosis is 100% right.i was triying to escape.
u always have been an inspiration to me and to all of us in th eforum,our speed kind of increase when we see u studying.
MAY GOD BLESS U ALWAYS AND MAY HE GRANT EVERY WISH OF URS INCLUDING THE 99%IN USMLE.
everyone in this forum have been a great support,and guess what guys u r successful in convincing me to come back to study ,and face it.
oldkinontheblock: thhank u sooo much 4 ur suggestion and i m doing micro as u guys adviced.may GOD bless u and allll the membrs of our group
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US
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Hey guys........one day we just have to meet.....so many wonderful ppl.
SHRUNT....u are so right and its not just abt seems it each one of us...we each behave that way....with something that scares....u know the truth is this physio...thing is just not my cup of tea..i've always hated it....that's y i stuggle so much with and and 'coz of it with everything else but i'm determined to do this first...and well so that i don't feel overpowered by it ever again. Y don't u start with a quick revision of all u have done maybe within 2 days and then u'll know what to start.
OLDKID and UNIQUE1 u guys ..ur progress is keeping us going too.So don't stop!And Unique...u are welcome.What u and u husband are managing is terrific.God Bless Him too.OKid just don't let these lousy...inconsequential pppl. get to u...they are everywhere even here i suppose but once u get where u want to be in life 'll be fine.....so concentrate on just that.
ZENITH...IS EVERYTHING FINE WITH U?
JAIDE u came and went..wru?Need ur inspirational presence always.
TARGET....u are always so encouraging...its simply gr8 to read ur posts.
SEEMs....isn't shrunt just the conscience we all need...u'll be fine now.....i'm sure.
DARTIKAZ....didn't think u were a hacker but i keep messing the spellin..Looks like u know what u are doing thats gr8....Have u listened to the lectures yet?i think u live in the same time zone as me....i wonder where?
Good luck ye all!me goes back to my books before Surya comes home and starts teaching me from his books.
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Dartikaz , welcome in the group. It is nice to have you with us and it seems like you are already feeling at home . Good to know your plans and please do let us know your daily progress and what books are you reading for each subject .
Seems , it is sooooo nice to see you so much motivated and you are lucky to have such a supportive husband . I wish you all the best with your studies.
Now we have shrunt, jaide, seems and dartikaz who will keep the rest of us going and may be their speed will have a positive influence on the rest of us and we can also speed up a little bit .
Zenith , please come back. We miss you a lot and same goes to Target . We won't let you hide for long . We need you gals........please come back.
Mytime how much physio have you done and are you reading kaplan ?? along with lectures ???
I was planning to read parasites today but was not satisfied with my yesterday's fungi . So went thru fungi again . This is a small chapter but I don't know why I am not comfotable with it . Reading it again today has helped me and now I am feeling a bit confident about what I have read. Listened to the lecture too. Lecture is helpful.
Oldkidontheblock, I could not listen all the bacteriology lectures but do intend to go thru them . You may not need to listen to the lectures because you are a working doctor MashaAllah while I am completely out of touch with my profession .
So I need to work harder than any body else here  . On top of that I cannot give more time to my studies because my kids studies and activities are very important to me. This time will never come back in their lives and I do not want them to suffer because of my desire to persue my career. So my journey will be very long and slow I hope and pray that I can keep balance between my kids and my studies.Please everyone , keep me in your prayers.
This journey could be long but I am sure with the help and support of all the nice people in our group it will not be tough .God bless you all .
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Hey guys..hello.
Unique1 last week i cudn't do anything 'coz my son was home and u know what toddlers are like esp. when they are sick.....but hey..i just finishe dcardiac and am feelin so great abt..it.i'm doing lectures of what i have and Kaplan...in't that ok for physio...i know i want to look at brs too but i don't what's up with the one i bought....i received everything but just that.Besides that am also tryin to do a few questions....now i just hope and pray that i don't fall sick between these two guys.
Everyone seems to be doing fine right now.....
ZENITH hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo??????????????
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Dear friends,
Very good morning to all my friends, and hello to Dartikaz....and pleased to welcome to forum.
Right now I am doing general aspects of CVS. Looks like I hve hit a hard terrain because of my pure math skillsI just want to go through the relevant chapter in Ganong's Physio to see if it gives a clearer picture than Kaplan.
Mytime you have finished cvs. Congradulation. it is great.What will be your next in Physio? I guess I should finish cvs section soon to catch up with you
Unique1, how is your Parasite? Yes fungi is a tricky area with a lot of confusing names.
I am sure you have strength to keep going despite ups and downs in life.I guess why we want to pass usmle is not neccessarily to advance our career, but for the sake our kids as well.Togather we can do this..
I am signing off saying HELLOO.. to seems, oldkid....,shrunt...jaide..,target.., and the the rest whom i have not mentoned by name.
May God Bless You All.
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oh!, I wanted to ask some thing from Dartikaz and forgot.
Regarding Path, I like to know if you have the soft copy of BRS. I too feel Kaplan is not good enough
Thank you....
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Hi Folks!!!
Started off with micro didn't read much coz lots n lots of tables in the initial few pages. I could manage coz of my old background of micro from Jawetz otherwise it would have been a mind-blower for me. Still stuck on first few pages only. I think it will take another 14 days...but yes its a lot of cramming!!! I will try to avoid the videos as much as possible, hoping to save some time.
mytime: I was also surprised to see my post twice...well i guess they like me....I hope your studies are going well where exactly are you? when do you intend to write the exam?
Unique: You are going well..Did you memorize the charts or you intend to do it in your next reading?
Seems: Keep on the good work...I think you are coming into the tempo
Proctalgia: How is your micro going?
Dartikaz: What subject are you doing masters in? can you tell us little bit more about research as to how to find one. I am also planning for Masters most probably in Health Administration or Public Health during my intended four year stay in Canada for citizenship...I think you can help me a lot
Shrunt: Good to have you back.
So guys pray for me that I go through this micro ocean rather faster..
Keep posting....
Edited by oldkidontheblock on 08/16/06 - 09:50 AM
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Hi .This is great group ,motivating each other time and time again.Keep doing the good work .it really heps to have freinds like you.
Shrunt- I really liked your post.it really motivated me adn forced me to pull my self out.i had been very upset fro days and did not who to talk too .Felt so lonely but when i read your i knewi have to get going.Thank you.GOD bless you and all the other people in this forum.please keep posting.
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Hey oldkidontheblock,
What charts are you talking about??? Actually I am reading from 2002 notes and I have heard there are changes in 2004 and 2006 notes. Some friend sent me one of these ( I am not sure 2004 or 2006 ) in pdf . After reading your post I checked from the newer version , these are the same pages as 2002 ones.
In my notes these charts are:
Major Microbial Groups
Important Normal Flora
Major Exotoxins
and then starts the 2nd chapter. Do you have something extra in your notes. Now I am worried if I am reading the right notes?????
If any one else has ccompared 2006 notes with older versions , could you please tell me what differences are there??????
Oldkid.... if you mean the above mentioned charts, I think there is no need to spend too much time on them at this point. Give them a read and then keep coming back to them when you read the respective bugs. That's what I did.
Happy studying everyone
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Thank you very much coolsuch for your encouraging words.
Yes you are right . This is a great group ..... indeed. I am also thankful to everyone in the group as well as nice people like you for their never ending support .
Thank you all , so very much .
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Proctalgia....i'm abt to start resp. thanfully i liked it...if u need any help with anything in it send me a pm.For ur patho..go for goljan or brs....u can download from one of wasatariq's threads.Kaplan is a waste....that prof who taught it was such a pain.
For micro kaplan is fine...afterall it's just ur memory....there hasn't been much changes in these microbes lifestyles? So both UNIQUE1 and OLDKID stop ur panic u guys are running us and u are doing gr8.UNIQUE1 u didn't reply to my question?
OLDKID I have a friend who just finished her Masters in maternal and child health from Tulane UNIv.... maybe I can get u some info from there too.LET me know what u want to know.
COOlSUCh u are so welcome into our group..it sure is a gr8 one..plz lets know abt ..u prep and exam and a bit abt ur whereabouts.
SEEMS ,TARGET i don't see u but hope u are doing ur job
JAIDe how is the rotation coming abt?Are u getting anytime for ur books?
ZENITH i'm seriously worried abt u now..hope all's well.?
DARTKIZ i was wondering abt the research asst. post too..actually last month i was trying for one in HOUSTOn but my visa didn't allow it.Where in the US are u?
SHURNT...dear inspiration of mine...how are u doing now...better I hope?
I"M doing fine now with GOD's GRACE!Good LUCk to u all.hope to tell u that i'm done with resp. too..soon.
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hey guys
hope u guys r doing well. thank u all 4 always encouraging me . unique ,shrunt ,oldkid,mytime ,proctalgia. i m doing fine AHUMDULLILAH, better than b4 . i m doing micro 1stfrm MRS and then plan to do it frm kaplan ,cz cz kaplan is too concise and a subject like micro ,for me i cant get it. i m slow but will pickup INSHA ALLAH.
hmm unqiue ,u dunt have to feel bad that u r giving less time to ur stuydies, look at us nothing to do still dunt study ,u r the one who is been continuously studying ,slowly and gradually . its bettr cz then i guess u can retain it fo rlong as well. and u r kids ofcourse is veryyy important as u said thier time will never come again, and u r doing great by keeping up with all ur responsibilties and study as well. all others who have kids and managing stuydies as well, i m ean hat off to u guys ,really ,u guys r amazing.
so unique nevr say that ull tak etoo long ,i m sure u r faster than us and ull give this exam very soon ,MARK MY WORDS.
zenith ,target and jaide where r u guyss.......... plzz come back ,we all miss u .
this indeed is a great group, i pray 4 all of us,everyday.
my progress is that i could nt achieve my yesterdays target ,which us alittle too much after sucha long break , but i did 50 pages of micro ,and now on gram -ve bacteria ,i m about to fifnsh the enterics.
i just took a break to pray and lunch an dwill be back after lunch.
so guys good luck to everyone
plzzz pray 4 me
u guys take care
happy studying everrrry one
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Thank you very much seems. Your words mean a lot to me. Your support came right when I needed it. Good luck to you too.
Mytime, I appologise for my absent mindedness but what was you guestion ???? May you repeat it pleeeeeeeeeeease???????
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Hi everybody,
I am still here and feel miserable because I havent done much at all since Sunday.
So yday being independence day for India - I thought it should be an independence day for me too from my laziness and procrastination and thought I will go home early and pick up my son from care with my car ( usually we come by bus together) . So on my way to and fro in the bus I finished bacterial genetics from MRS (few pages only!!). Then thought I will take my book and pick up my son and go to the public library or Barnes and Noble and study. Alas!! Blow on the first day......my little fellow had hidden the car garage remote and I couldnt get to my car .......so desparately had to catch the last bus to pick him up from care and was tired and frustrated by the time I got back home. Dejected I started looking for the remote in the many unpacked boxes and found it at last!
The good news at the end of the day is that I found a woman who is a 2nd yr resident who is just a few blocks away from my house from India too and she has a little boy whom my sons can play with ( so he has a new friend in the neighborhood! ) . She also graduated in the same year as me (yeah those ooooooooooollllllllllllllllllldddddddddddd graduate kind !!) but she told me that she made up her mind and started studying after several years of just staying at home. Though I had wasted my whole day ( on the first day of my resolution!!).........at the end of the day I felt there was HOPE.........hope to catch up........hope that tomorrow may be better.......hope that tomorrow will be faster reading.....hope that some day we will get this step1 down......probably that 99 we all the time talk about !
Well guys, I am serious now and I think I have given enough excuses ( guess what !! - I have been giving excuses to myself really) while deep down I know I can do it. I am sure all of us know that! We are all accountable to ourselves - no matter what excuses we can convince our spouses, children, friends, this forum etc etc.......our challenge is with ourselves - the question is - CAN YOU DO IT? I am sure the answer is YES from all of us -otherwise we wouldnt have met or still hang out together. IF THE ANSWER IS YES.......ONLY YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO GET YOUR BUTT THERE!( Excuse my language )- as we all know this set of lovely people who not only think of us but extend their moral support but keep us in prayers to get there. WE CAN DO IT GUYS.......let's go at our very best everyday - we all know from experience these last two months since this thread formed that everybody has their ups and downs. Let us keep targets for the week and get there by the end of week, so even if one day is bad we should catch up in the next few days.
I am going to report everyday from this day forward and want to discover myself again - WHO IS TARGET in front of USMLE? Likewise I think everyone should ask that question and each of us knows our weakness and plus points. Lets harp on the postives and really make efforts to challenge our procrastinating attitude. Shrunt has been such an inspiration and I can feel that everyone is in a phase now depressed, unhappy.....but who can turn around the situation- the answer is within us. Seems I know how you feel and hope this note helps. Unique you are doing great. Oldkidon the block, mytime proctalgia, we are proud of you for keeping the group going.
Jaide and zenith, darkgable we miss you guys. coolsuch hang in there, it is going to be a better today from this moment and a better tomorrow. Dart, I cant keep up with the spelling......welcome. Anybody else whom I have left please accept my apologies - I am just saving that neuron for remembering some bugs as I am getting older!
I was wondering if everybody could fill up the next post with their name and what they have covered until now - it should help the forum and for us too to find people in the same boat to pace ourselves. Thanks for your cooperation. I know mytime suggested this a while ago but didnt get to it then - sorry. GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY -WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT STEP1 - arent we ?
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