Number 29 and My Recent Discovery

Been a while, hasn't it? Compare to recent standards anyway.


There is sooooo much to talk about. I don't know how much I can say about my internship. There isn't a confidentiality issue, just a moral one.


I will say, vaguely, that I LOVE it there. I have learned more in two weeks there than in an entire semester of clinical psychology. Of course you can learn about the theories, but until you see them applied....


It's very interesting that I wanted to intern at Lexington Forensic Neuropsychiatry for the Forensic aspect, and that's all very interesting, but I'm surprised to find that I'm becoming more and more intrigued by the Neuro and Psychiatry aspects of the job.


I guess I've never been open to learn about medicine and the brain and body because I've always been intimidated by the medical, but I just can't get enough. I've been reading blogs on the subject in my spare time, following a reading list given to me by my mentor, Dr. Granacher, and annoying my family and friends to death with my constant talk of what happened at the office that day.


I think it's safe to say, I've finally found my passion.


So what's my number 29? I'm not going to reject something just because it looks scary. By being open to this experience, I've learned something new about myself, and that something happened to be life-changing. I'm not going to turn away new experiences because they look intimidating, or I'm afraid I won't like it.


While this has been the most incredible, refreshing experience I've had since my freshmen year of college (and it's really a remarkable thing that I can say that after only two weeks!), it's also been a very tiring one. I'm getting up at 6:30am every morning, going to the hospital, going to class, doing homework, cleaning up house, getting ready for the next day, going to bed, then do it all over again the next day. I'm going to have to brush up my time management skills for the first time since last May.


I said 2011 would be my year. So far, it's been so much more than I could ask for, and it's only January.