echoeslalia

[echoeslalia]

I'm Back - Kinda

Alright so.

Yes I did post an overview of this blog and then disappear for uh... 6 months, BUT, I have an explanation.

I've been stuck going through medical school since last September, and I finish my externship this week. I'm currently working on my CCMA, or my medical assistant certification.

The idea is that if I get my foot in the door (aka start working in the medical field) early, then going through the rest of medical school will be easier, and I can start my career earlier than most in the medical field.

However, it has been taking ALL of my time and energy since February. The last classes of the program had me staying up all night studying and writing notes, and I worked almost everyday as a waitress at IHOP. I'm free from that now, but now I'm on externship, which is basically free labor at a clinic.

This clinic has been hell for me.

It's an OBGYN, which is one of the fields I'm debating on specializing in, but this clinic is making me second guess. They do this lovely thing where they'll tell me to do one thing, and then when I do that thing they get upset because I was supposed to do it a different way, or be doing something else entirely, that they didn't tell me about.

Like, girl??? How am I supposed to know if you DON'T TELL ME.

So yeah, I've been dealing with all of that, and it's been destroying my mind and body. I'm very excited that I only have a couple days to go until I'm free to just study for my exam.

That's why I'm saying "kinda" in the title. I will still be studying for at least 8 hours a day for my exam, since I wanna pass with flying colors- and not have to take it multiple times.

I'm gonna be more active, maybe even post some of my artwork, but I don't know how regular I will post just yet. Of course, that doesn't exactly matter if nobody is reading anyway lol.

But yeah, there's my little update! Next blog will continue to follow the pattern that i set in my overview post. However, I will mention that I won't always have each subject in every blog, but I will stay consistent in the order that I put them in. Or at least I will try.

See you in the next blog,

-Echo

[echoeslalia]

Overview of my Blog

I've decided to use my tumblr as a journal of sorts. I'd prefer to write in a physical notebook, but my wrists don't like that very much lol.

But journaling electronically does have the benefit of easily putting in pictures, editing, and I can add links.

This isn't really meant for anybody to read or look at, but I don't mind it. It's just a way for me to decompress and try to get all my thoughts and emotions out into words.

With that outta the way, I want to go into how I'll be organizing my journal entries:

Politics

Recent science

Emotions

Actual good news

Anything else I wanna say

Links and references

As most everyone knows, the politics and news in the U.S. have been an absolute Shit Show. It's been so bad that recently I've been staying awake til 3am having a panic attack because of it. This will be my way to not only express my opinions on the matter, but also be a way to document current history for anyone who might be lost or confused on what's going on. It's also so I can make sure I'm up to date with all the stuff going on and have my facts straight.

There is a lot going on scientifically right now. A lot of it is good! A lot of it is very very bad. This is my way of documenting those new findings and important updates. Science is what keeps the world running, and I like to be up to date with it.

I have too much going on in my head at any given time. I'm hoping that I can freely express my opinions, concerns, and feelings on this blog. I'm not sure if anybody will actually come across this page, but I'm going to write my emotions out as if nobody can read this. I need an out, so please leave me alone when it comes to this.

So much bad is happening in the world right now. We all see it and have it thrown at us daily, if not almost every minute of the day. Because of all that bad, I need to write some of the good that is happening, or I will have yet another mental breakdown.

It feels like there's always something that I forget to mention. If there is, then I will be putting it here. I tend to have a lot to say, so there's bound to be something that I want to talk about that might not be related to the other topics that I have listed above. Maybe it'll just be about how my day was like, or a rant about something.

Of course I will be citing all of my political and scientific stuff! That will be put here. I might also want to reference some artists, or influencers, or maybe just stuff I like. All of that will be linked here at the bottom. :)

Once again, this blog/journal is meant for me! I am fully aware that people might come across this page, and that's totally okay. Maybe there will be something here that can help others. But this is so I can document and decompress.

If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all please.

-Echo