Secrets to Success-- Time Management or: Facebook Ruined my GPA

Consider this Installment Numero Uno of
"HOW TO SUCCEED IN MED SCHOOL".
Ok, so maybe it won't be that grandiose, but here goes nothing:


Time Management is the single most difficult part of med school for me. Nothing we are learning is really difficult from a content perspective. But the truth is, the massive amount of material is fucking overwhelming.

"It's like dying from thirst, and trying to drink from a fire hose."

This phrase is used by many to describe the load of material in medical school: Even though you know how to drink, water from a fire hose is more likely to knock you on your ass than provide you with mouthfuls of water.

I find is particularly difficult because our school runs on a block scheduling system of sorts. Which essentially means we learn everything 3-4 times as fast as students at other schools, but we learn it one class at a time. This sounds like a grand plan at first glance (you only have one subject to study), but what it boils down to is this: Falling behind= fucked.


Here are some things to avoid while you are trying to study:
1) Facebook
2) Homestarrunner
3) Youtube
4) Facebook
5) Icanhascheeseburger
6) Failblog
7) xkcd
8) ThinkGeek
9) Stumble Upon
10) Sporcle
11) Facebook

I'm not kidding about the Facebook thing, either. I literally waste HOURS every day playing on Facebook. In college, I didn't even like Facebook, but I had an account just so I could keep up with people's phone numbers and look up the occasional *name of a person that I should know but I forgot their name because I was too drunk when I met them*. Also, when I was in college you had ONE Facebook picture, so there was significantly less to do, but I digress. I figure my scores would be about 12% higher* if I spent the Facebook-stalking time more wisely (namely: sleep and neuroanatomy).

I am seriously considering having a friend put a password-ed parental control system on my laptop to prevent me from blowing precious study time on Facebook. Heed my warning, younglings.

*I made this number up.