Life requires balance between work and play
My monday morning started off with intense anxiety. I had to do an intake with a real patient this morning. And I couldn't sleep that well a night before due to the anxiety.
When I got to the hospital I was very quite while my classmates chatted about their weekend. Some of my classmates asked me if I'm nervous, so I told them, "yeah, I'm very nervous. couldn't sleep that well last night. I'm an anxious person, ya know." Then, surprisingly, they told me that they don't think I'm an anxious person. Instead, they thought I'm a very calm and relaxed person. Wow, that's a big surprise!
Anyway, the intake went OK. I was very nervous, and the intake didn't flow as smoothly as I wanted it to. But over all, I felt I did fine. The intern who supervised me said that I actually did very well and that she was impressed with me. Wow!!! That's a great compliment. What is more, she said the same type of thing as my classmates said. She thought that I appeared confident and relaxed during the intake! My heart was beating like crazy, though! Despite what I felt, I guess I'm just good at hiding my nervousness and anxiety...that's the complete opposite from how I view myself.
After the externship, I got to school and was overwhelmed by the amount of work I had to do. I was stressing out and was resentful towards my lab mate who I thought was supposed to be in the lab to do some work today. Then, my prof called me to tell me that I have to stay till 7:30pm, while one of our interviewers conduct an interview for the lab project. I was like, "why should I stay that long at school when I don't have classes? (classes got canceled for Jewish holiday)" Anyway, I ended up having another 10+ hour work day. sigh.
But after that, I met up with Travis and Yodee at this bar near Penn Station. They had this nice rooftop patio, and I really liked the bar. Price for drinks were kinda expensive, though. ($8 for gin and tonic) Oh, well. It was nice hanging out in the patio, just looking at USPS building :-p It was quite relaxing. And I think my drink was quite strong...I got little tipsy after one drink.
So, my day had a good mixutre of work and play. I think this is really important. Work hard, play hard.
When I got to the hospital I was very quite while my classmates chatted about their weekend. Some of my classmates asked me if I'm nervous, so I told them, "yeah, I'm very nervous. couldn't sleep that well last night. I'm an anxious person, ya know." Then, surprisingly, they told me that they don't think I'm an anxious person. Instead, they thought I'm a very calm and relaxed person. Wow, that's a big surprise!
Anyway, the intake went OK. I was very nervous, and the intake didn't flow as smoothly as I wanted it to. But over all, I felt I did fine. The intern who supervised me said that I actually did very well and that she was impressed with me. Wow!!! That's a great compliment. What is more, she said the same type of thing as my classmates said. She thought that I appeared confident and relaxed during the intake! My heart was beating like crazy, though! Despite what I felt, I guess I'm just good at hiding my nervousness and anxiety...that's the complete opposite from how I view myself.
After the externship, I got to school and was overwhelmed by the amount of work I had to do. I was stressing out and was resentful towards my lab mate who I thought was supposed to be in the lab to do some work today. Then, my prof called me to tell me that I have to stay till 7:30pm, while one of our interviewers conduct an interview for the lab project. I was like, "why should I stay that long at school when I don't have classes? (classes got canceled for Jewish holiday)" Anyway, I ended up having another 10+ hour work day. sigh.
But after that, I met up with Travis and Yodee at this bar near Penn Station. They had this nice rooftop patio, and I really liked the bar. Price for drinks were kinda expensive, though. ($8 for gin and tonic) Oh, well. It was nice hanging out in the patio, just looking at USPS building :-p It was quite relaxing. And I think my drink was quite strong...I got little tipsy after one drink.
So, my day had a good mixutre of work and play. I think this is really important. Work hard, play hard.
posted by shihoko @ 11:51 PM
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