
Today's Quick Takes are all "wisdom" people have passed down that I have found to be malarkey. (Isn't malarkey a funny word?)
1. Once you get out in the working world, you'll miss school. Bull. I miss some of my classmates, sure. I don't miss final exams. I don't miss all the cliquishness and drama associated with pharmacy school. I don't miss being surrounded by undergrads. I sure as hell don't miss paying to work, which I did during my last year of school. I enjoy having a little actual responsibility, even if it's scary sometimes. I enjoy telling people "I'm a pharmacist" instead of "I'm a pharmacy student." I was a little embarrassed to be in my late twenties and still a freaking student.
2. Never go to bed angry. I get crankier and less rational the more fatigued I am. If I force myself to stay up till the argument's over, I run the risk of saying something I'll regret. Sometimes it's best to just say, "Let's pick this up tomorrow when we're not so tired," and hash the issue out when you're thinking clearly.
3. High school/college are the best years of your life. Egad, I hope not! In a country where life expectancy is ~80, how sad is it that the best years of your life happen before you turn 30?
4. Don't get attached to your patients. What are you, a robot? If you can see somebody in clinic every week for a year and not get attached, there's something wrong with you.
4. Don't get attached to your patients. What are you, a robot? If you can see somebody in clinic every week for a year and not get attached, there's something wrong with you.
6. Good things come to those who wait. Waiting around doesn't cut it; you have to take charge and make things happen. Most of the time, the only thing that comes to those who wait is boredom.
7. Laughter is the best medicine. Laughter helps, but personally, I'd rather have some vancomycin. I'm a tad biased, however. :)
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