For the record: 2011 goals

Well, I have abandoned this blog for almost 2 years, but i still have opinions so i might as well go back to sharing them.

2010 was a good year for me. my long term goals are mostly on hold as I complete medical school clinical rotations and my life is consumed with academics. I have done well in all my classes so far and did well on Step 1 boards so academics are going well.

Financially I made less money but also spent a lot less money. I have not been able to do much work but my free food and housing easily makes up for that. I had no losses in the stock market this year and my modest investments grew at a rate that outpaced the interest on my student loans so my paying forward strategy is working well.

on the social front, my mother seems to be happily remarried and i have made efforts to improve my relationship with my sister. I have been visiting friends from high school and college to stay in touch despite my busy schedule. I also reached out to other relatives and visited my grandparents in florida.

as for life goals, I delivered a baby (6 in fact), scrubbed into surgery and

without further rambling, here are my 2011 goals:

-choose a specialty and apply for residency

-take the Step 2 boards and score as high as I did on Step 1

-honor at least half of my clinical rotations

-return to tutoring

-loose the 15lbs I gained in 2010

-travel to a foreign country

- watch at least 25 movies, read at least 5 books (not tb's), go to at least 5 concerts.

- at least 50 blog posts

well that was not very ambitious but it will keep me very, very busy