tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post6194432901360081044..comments2024-03-11T00:26:35.303-07:00Comments on The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis: Is anything worth it?AlexisARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-90656229081408922182016-05-28T01:29:19.411-07:002016-05-28T01:29:19.411-07:00Thank you. And I wouldn't wish it on him becau...Thank you. And I wouldn't wish it on him because I do not want bad Karma, but if elderolddog should suffer a violent crime, I'd feel that it was Karmic forces at work.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-6580764976360464522016-05-28T01:27:23.408-07:002016-05-28T01:27:23.408-07:00Thank you. And elderoldog is a bastard even if he ...Thank you. And elderoldog is a bastard even if he apologized to my uncle.He never apologized to me.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-61027859436948573752016-05-28T00:03:45.876-07:002016-05-28T00:03:45.876-07:00Dear Alexis
I wrote a long reply full of good advi...Dear Alexis<br />I wrote a long reply full of good advice and sympathy (presumptuous of anyone to give advice I know!!!!)but I wrote it on my phone and it has disappeared into cyberspace.<br /><br />I take that as a metaphor. Cyber friends and cyber criticisms are ephemeral.<br /><br />I know I started the post saying " Hang in there!!"Your medical degree is just a gateway. Clinical medicine is not for everyone and there are so many other avenues.<br /><br />Patients are a mixed bag but they need not intrude into your personal life. Maybe you have not yet been exposed to your pathway '<br /><br />I don't think the hedonistic lifestyle would suit you for long.We in Australia have a concept,inherited from the UK of a "Gap year". Usually taken between high school and university-but my daughter did so after her first year of university- of deferring your studies and working ,volunteering, travelling or a combination as your budget allows.This may be what you need.<br /><br />But please don't throw in the towel. Don't give Uncle Mahonri et.al. the satisfaction of saying "I told you so. "OzDocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-58476718547323482862016-05-27T23:18:48.798-07:002016-05-27T23:18:48.798-07:00Believe me, I often felt like quitting when I was ...Believe me, I often felt like quitting when I was in school. In fact, I felt like quitting two days ago when Bill and I decided to walk to the gorge and went the long way. I stuck it out both times and it was *mostly* worth it.<br /><br />You don't know what the future holds. I thought I'd be doing one thing and ended up going a different direction entirely. I think you should finish school. Don't waste the time and money you've put into it. Then, if you want to fuck around like I do, you will at least have that finished degree. And yours will even be paid for.knottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127277724751832329noreply@blogger.com