Personal Essay 3
My parents always told me that patience is the key to success. Since the beginning, they made me visualize that what separates me from what I want is not just effort, but time. As a medicine student, being able to refuse to attend parties and, overall, fall for distractions became routine. I know that to become a professional that helps and saves lives is a kind of burden for a lot of people, and I totally understand that, but for me it's just what I was meant to be, that means that studying everyday, practicing anatomical nomenclatures, helping people became just a small price to achieve my lifetime goal. However, I'm not here to say that is easy, because it's not. Even maintaining a strict routine it's not a guarantee that I'm entering the university. But the final achievement is priceless, and that makes me a really patient person.
When I was in my home country, I noticed how people easily gave up on their dreams. I was not the only one in my class with the intention to be a health professional, and to be honest more than half of my class had the same goal. As the years passed, and the test to enter the university was getting closer, most of them gave up, but why did that happen? They didn't have the passion for this role just as much as me and my other colleagues who stayed strong. However, this ability that I have does not make me better than anyone, since everybody can follow a career that they are passionate about and that makes them feel comfortable while imagining exercising it in the future.
I think that it is really important to understand that when you have a goal in life, things turn out to be way easier and lighter than normal. Boring activities start to have meaning when they are just a part of the process of becoming something bigger. Sometimes, my friends talk to me about how keeping a study routine or going to the gym or training for a certain sport is hard, and that they don't have enough motivation to stand all of those different ways to improve. What I always ask them before anything is why are they doing it for?, what are their goal? but they seem to do all of that just because somebody told them to, and to be honest, there was a part of me that really wanted to follow the "conventional way", get a job, work in the office for the eternity and live a stable life, but I feel that I was not meant for this, not just me but a considerable amount of people. But the problem is not in feeling the urge to stay in the comfort-zone, the problem is in staying inside it.
Overall, what I'm trying to develop is the idea that, when you're planning and working hard on something you love, time is just a variable, not an obstacle. I understand that studying medicine is hard, and even harder to be a neurologist, and I also know that I might need a few years to enter the university, but all those prices are worth it, including time.
To sum up, I think I'm the kind of person that it's good to wait the necessary time to achieve my goal and I know I'm not the only one. Furthermore, everybody has the same ability when time is dedicated for something they love, it can be making art, preparing food for people, producing content, helping people etc. if that is something that really matters, success in achieving the goal is a matter of time.
I think this blog has a strong and motivating message about patience and long-term goals, especially in the context of pursuing medicine. Your determination and personal experiences make the piece feel authentic, and the reflection on classmates giving up adds a good contrast that reinforces the importance of passion. One thing that could be improved is organization and clarity. Breaking the essay into shorter paragraphs and refining some grammar would make the essay look and flow nicely together.
ReplyDeleteHello Pedro! I like how you've tied how patient you are as a person to your desired career in medicine. I think that it is a very unique concept because usually people would talk about family or friends pushing the idea of patients but instead you looked at how impatient others were. This ended up leading to them giving up on their dreams, but whenever I talk to you I can see in person that you're patient. Overall I think your blog is great with explaining your story and where you get your patience from.
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ReplyDeleteI thought this was a great blog that not only showed how dedicated you are to help make your dreams come true, but was also motivational for your readers to reach their goals. I thought this was well done because of your mix of professional medical information (anatomical nomenclatures😵💫) along with very relatable ideas of working out because you're told to. This was already mentioned by Muhammad, but I think you start to drift off between multiple ideas in the middle of your essay when you talk about your friends talking to you, and suddenly switch to why you don't want to live a "conventional way" of life. I also thought you could talk about a case where you put in the effort, but you just needed time to reach your goals, to strengthen your idea that time may seem like an obstacle but it's just a variable.
Overall, great job!
Hi Pedro! It's really interesting to read this blog after reading other blogs about procrastination. I truly respect your dedication to becoming a health professional. In a sort of related way to the other posts, are there times when you get distracted from your goals? Do you ever want to take a break? What keeps you so motivated to practice medicine? I'm also really interested in hearing about your motives for doing the things that you do. I'd also be interested in learning about specific steps, routines, etc. that you might employ to reach your goals. I enjoyed reading this--great post!
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