VLOG ⸝⸝ getting myself out of a rut, realistic med school life, going on a first date

I had to get a last-minute headshot with my white coat 👩🏻‍⚕️🩺

I came to a korean photobooth for a self-portrait

Came to a cafe to study for a bit 🎧ྀི☕️

I changed the pink backdrop to blue :)

This cafe is from NY, but they recently opened an LA one

Pretty desserts make me happy :D

The corn cream latte was really good 🌽

This one's so good

Taking a thumbnail 📸

Came to a cafe to study again 🙇🏻‍♀️

Rachelle is editing her TikToks

So, I picked up my camera for the first time in over a month.

This past month has honestly been the most unproductive

month I've spend in a very long time.

I kinda fell into a rut.

Literally just been breathing and bed rotting.

Today, I thought I would try to pull myself

out of this rut and be productive.

I definitely need to get my shit together

because my grades are not as high as I would like them to be

especially this early on in the semester.

Set an alarm for 1:55pm.

I have to zoom into a class at 2pm, so

I need to set an alarm so that I don't forget.

My next exam is on endocrinology,

so I'm going to read through these notes.

And I'm also going to go through Bootcamp videos.

Bootcamp has been really helpful for content review.ᐟ

Eating my meal prepped pasta 🍝

Ultrasound lab

Cooking some protein pasta ⊹

Pasta is just so easy to make for meal prep

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[decorate my diary]

[never skip nighttime skincare routine]

[work out 3x a week]

[cut down on caffeine]

It's Diabetes Week at school, so I got this monitor

to regularly check my blood glucose levels.

Fasting - 93 mg/dL

Printing out some study materials 📑

Squeezing in a 15 minute nap in between lectures

Morning Zzz

Finally, the sun is rising before I wake up

There was a lot of traffic, so I had to detour to get to school

Almost late for class 🏃‍♀️

Emergency deodorant from my locker

More lectures...

Mustered up the energy to do my laundry today

Cleaning my place for the first time this year... LOL

(Yes, my christmas tree is still up)

Checking my mailbox

My calendar was not up-to-date

Protein shake for lunch

The notes I took for this upcoming exam

Watching Single's Inferno S4

Had to record and submit a case presentation

... presenting to the clinic with a constant, achy pain

in the lower abdomen that started 1 month ago...

... I'd follow up in 2 weeks to see if their medication

and dietary changes are working or sooner

if the patient experiences worse symptoms...

Submitting my assignment

Nighttime skincare routine

Baking some protein cakes

Baking 2 cakes, so I doubled the recipe

Decided to curl my hair bc I had time in the morning

Why am I standing like that LMAO

Today's outfit

[bad news, fatigue issue]

[pooped 4 times today]

[just studied all day]

[exam prep, shit I did not do well]

[edited all day, lots of packages, uploaded korea vlog]

[What's in my bag?]
Lip tint

Lip balm

Hand cream

Candy

And a pen

I have this hair clip clipped to the side.

I'm pretty sure it's broken.

I stepped on it, and I heard it crack yesterday.

Actually, no. It looks okay.

A lot of classes today

Charging my car

Brought some stuff to study while I wait

Always listening to sad songs LOL

These altoids are so small I have to eat like 5 at a time.

another assignment done ✔

Styling my hair again today

OOTD

Packing my stuff to go to a cafe to study

Finished this pretty quickly

16 dollars for parking is actually crazy.

I wanted to get more stickers for my diary

They had miffy!

I'm going to show you guys what I got from Daiso.

First, I got this folder to put my stickers in.

And I got a few stickers.

This bear one.

Pancake strawberry

And then, this one to mark important dates.

I got some miffy products.

I got this car air freshener.

That's so cute :3

I also got these metallic bookmarks. They're so cute.

This says it's a scented squishy,

but I don't know what scent it is.

This reminds me of those squishy breads.

It smells like one of those, too.

I got hungry, so I ate this on my way home.

Autopilot + zoom lecture

There was so much traffic...

Sriracha mayo + tuna

Onion flakes + parsley

Wasabi flavored seaweed

This combo is sooo good..

This is going to be my new hyperfixation meal.

You guys don't understand how good this is.

Organizing my stickers into the folder I just bought

My sticker collection

Cooking pasta (again)

Defrosting salmon to eat tomorrow

Meal prep ✔

My ass was turning so flat from sitting and not working out

Walking + Anki + Netflix

Anki remote ->

Watching the recent Netflix documentary on Gabby Petito

I have to take a mock board exam today.

I wish I had studied a bit more last night.

I don't have the stamina to pull all-nighters for exams anymore.

I'm a grandma. I have to sleep by midnight.

Lecture after the exam...

Professor: And, that's all I have.

And let's see if one of you sent me text messages.

No, it was somebody else.

(LOL)

So, you can go home now. Enjoy Life.

Enjoy life to the extent that you will

prepare for the Monday morning exams.

So, thank you very much!

I haven't had fresh fruit in so long 🍓

Slice of the cake I baked 🍰

Topping it with yogurt

Making a matcha latte 🍵

Restocking my fridge ˎˊ˗

Going through practice questions

Study playlist = chill tiktok songs

Making my hyperfixation meal

Adding electrolytes to my water ₊⊹

& taking vitamins

Rinsing my plates/utensils and putting them in the dishwasher

Studying some more...

Lighting this candle that I bought in korea 🧸ྀི

It's already past midnight.

I need to go through this last document before I go to sleep.

It's 3am, and I am a little bit more than halfway done.

I'm so tired. I'm going to go to sleep.

Saw this on my fyp

I need to try this.

Whenever I see trends like this,

I need to try and see if I can do it.

I just woke up, too, so...

I'm going into my 3rd year.

We start rotations in June.

For our school, we can "choose" which clinical rotation site we want to go to.

We ranked our rotation sites,

and it's basically a lottery system.

I ranked LA as my first one bc I could have commuted from home

and lived with my parents, and I was so sick of adulting

and having to do laundry and deal with all of that stuff,

So I'm like, I'm gonna move back with my parents.

So, that was my first choice.

My second choice was New York.

Just because I'm like, I really want to experience living in New York

even though I kinda knew that I would hate it.

I knew in the back of my mind, if I moved to New York,

I would probably regret it.

But it's like... what if I don't regret it?

It's the "what if"s, you know?

Seasonal depression is real,

and New York weather is nothing like California weather.

So, NY was my second choice.

Reason: I just thought it would be fun.

My third choice was...

Very much I would not want to go here.

I wanted to go to either my first or second choices.

I got my third choice.

I had heard from upperclassmen that

the worst case scenario is that you get your second choice,

which for me, would be New York.

But, I ended up getting my third choice.

*in denial*

I was also asking around,

and it looks like not a lot of people got their third choice,

like they either got their first or second choices,

So, I'm kind of bitter that I got screwed

by the lottery system like this, but

It is what it is, you know 🤷🏻‍♀️

Mmk, anyway.

I'm going to go back to reading this long ass document.

I have an exam tomorrow morning.

I feel okay about it, honestly.

I can probably get some sleep tonight.

But, we'll see.

Adding turkey meatballs to the pasta I meal prepped

I'm doing some last-minute reviewing of the pathology images

before I go to bed.

So pink 💖🎀🌸

ChatGPT is a godsend.

Ending the night with some UWorld questions.

I'm going to go to sleep at midnight?

It's 10:30pm. I need to wake up pretty early tomorrow.

I'm going to sleep in like an hour or two, but

I'm gonna do this until I feel tired.

Arrived an hour early to review before the exam

grocery shopping after the exam

protein bar to eat on my drive home

Catching up on journaling

I'm cooking this orange chicken that I got from Trader Joe's.

Does that say 9 hours? (Yes.)

Watching Love Island UK S5

Seeing a standardized patient today

On my way to the gym

I haven't worked out in forever...

I felt so nauseous lol

Ending the day with Love Island

Reserving a room in the library to get work done

Going on my first date of 2025.

This is a guy that I met off of a dating app.

I'll let you guys know how it goes.

I'm excited.

The sunset is so pretty :')

[After the date 💀]
My fear of intimacy is actually unmatched

Anxious avoidant final boss

[self-aware queen]
I have issues.

I need to go to therapy.

My grades are out. I'm going to check.

That's my score.

That's the class average.

I'm just so shocked at how the average is.

Damn, people are really locked in, huh?

[thinking about the date…]

[Me editing this rn: why am I so dramatic]