Remember when I told you guys that I am a runner? Yeah… about that.
People who know what 4th year of medical school is like are laughing right now. It’s notorious for being the year where the world opens up to you and you think you have ample time to do everything you’ve ever dreamed of- brunching, traveling, marathoning, acting, spelunking, etc. Then, RIGHT AFTER 4th year, you are thrown into internship, where you are working ALL THE TIME and you marvel at people who have time to eat.
Lise, the intern, found it difficult to find time to exercise in these circumstances, in fact it fell to the bottom of my list when it came to thinking about my busy schedule.
I had to do something, though, because I could tell that my mental health was suffering and I was becoming tired just walking up stairs with my attendings.
These are some of the things that have been working for me.