How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others
/It was the first semester of PA school, I was struggling and all my friends were killing it. I just didn’t get it. Why was I struggling? No matter how much I studied, I would barely meet my targets. Sure, now that I look back at it, it’s clear. I did not know how to study! That was something that I could fix easily, however what wasn’t easy was the constant comparisons I used to make in my head. “I studied 14 hours, he only studied 3 hours and he got an A?? Life is unfair”. Have you had this thought before?
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Unlike 9/11, where there were photographs and video of the tragedy, no cameras are allowed into the hospital. The general public has no understanding of the daily life inside of a hospital. If people cannot visualize what is happening, they remain blind to the problem. There is tragedy, there is despair, there is grief. People, including healthcare workers are suffering and it seems like a never ending nightmare. This is a snippet of my life in NYC as a healthcare provider in the era of COVID