Heading Into Commencement Weekend
The End of the Med School Era
Hey everyone!
Rosh here after a a month hahaha sorry. It’s been a super busy past month. I’ve done some travelling (Costa Rica and Montreal), I’ve done some celebrating (had a grad party and had some other celebrations I’ve attended), I’ve been doing some working (Practitionet → Pulse hehe), and a bunch more stuff. The residency prep has also been going slowly but surely. Tbh I’ve also been going through some writer’s block too the past month. I’ve sat down to write these a couple times and have absolutely blanked 😮💨 (maybe because I’ve been too tired from being busy? Or because I feel like I’ve had no identity relevant to Morning Rounds recently (not doing anything medical recently; even though I’ve vowed to not only focus on medicine with these…IDK)?). Either way, I’m here today. 💪🏽Like I’ve said before, the past few months have been a bit of a grey area. I’ve graduated as a doctor, but I haven’t walked the stage yet so it doesn’t feel real yet. I’ve kind of just been going with the motions and living my best life, no real second thought to it.
Like I’ve said before, the past few months have been a bit of a grey area. I’ve graduated as a doctor, but I haven’t walked the stage yet so it doesn’t feel real yet. I’ve kind of just been going with the motions and living my best life, no real second thought to it.
Last week I had a little grad party in BTOWN 🎊 and had some med school buddies fly in for it. As I type this, I am on my way to YYZ, to get on a plane to the ATL, for my commencement this weekend. ✈️🎓 All the talk about grad (hence, grad party), and just reminiscing about med school with my friends in anticipation for this weekend, has only now made me start to realize that I am walking the stage this weekend. It is just now hitting me. Holy crap. 🤯
What are the feelings going through my mind right now?
I am SO excited. I am fairly excited to walk the stage. I am very excited to do it with my close friends. I am very excited to have my family there when I do it. This will of course, be a moment I’ve been waiting on for years. I will be eating good food this weekend. 🍽️ I will be drinking waters this weekend…a lot of waters. 💦 I will be dancing this weekend. 🕺🏽
I am grateful. Going through the med school experience TRULY shows you who your friends and family are. For a long time, I went through med school feeling really isolated and like I was alone on the journey. I’ve often said it feels like I was removed from my reality, and placed into this bubble, away from my actual life. No-one could relate. But looking back, my friends and family did not need to 100% relate. I mean really, regardless of everyone’s journey, can we really expect people to relate? The support and encouragement over the past few year from them was crazy to look back on and I definitely took it all in this past weekend. Getting to this MD wasn’t just a solo trip, it was a joint effort, and I am super thankful for that. 🙏🏽
As sweet as it will be, it will also be bitter-sweet. What really has hit me over the past week is how this chapter of my life will officially be closing on Sunday. I’ve been thinking back to my med school experience a lot this week…and oh my god I HAD A BLAST. 🔥 Idk if this is kind of cocky or whatever to say, but I genuinely think I have had one of the most unreal med school experiences. Yeah that shit was tough. It was hard. It was A LOT of stress, pressure, emotional damage. But man did we make the most of it. So many nights of fun activities, great conversation, parties, celebrations, progress, breakthroughs, etc. I have made unreal friends and family throughout the journey. I somewhat became an island boy and a southern boy for a bit during the process. 🌴🍑
Thinking that it all has to wrap up, is a bit bitter. Believe me I am READY to be a resident and start the next chapter of my life. But that’s in 2 months, and right now, I just want to focus on living in the moment, reflecting on the last few years, and closing this chapter off right. 🧘🏽♂️📖
Although it feels like the end of a chapter (this is about to be corny af wait for it) the reality is that this isn’t the end — it’s really just the beginning again. 🌅 Residency is next, and I’m ready to step into it. Not just as a doctor, but as someone who wants to stay grounded in who I am. I want to carry forward all the lessons, the joy, the grit, and the humility I’ve picked up along the way. 💥❤️
I’ll be back next week with the post-commencement feels. Cheers to everyone graduating. 🎉 Until next week, 👋🏽
Rosh
Incoming PGY-1
☕️ Weekly Bevy Count: About 12 coffees this past week. Idek how many waters I had last weekend. Idk how many I’ll be having this weekend lol.