Time

A picture of a picture: taken during summer 2022

Time flies when you’re having fun and also when you’re super busy.

Time slows when you’re not doing a lot and also when you’re super bored

Sometimes I want to freeze time, and sometimes I want to press the 32x speed fast forward button on my life to speed things up.

“Make the most of your time” is something that my Dad says to me almost every day.

Spending time doing nothing productive sometimes feels like the best use of my time.

I know this summer it did.

After feeling mentally, emotionally, and physically drained after a crazy 3rd year of medical school — doing nothing sounded like the best thing I could do for myself.

Time heals all things.

In the painful moments, hearing that makes me feel annoyed. But retrospectively, I see that it is so true.

Time can be spent reflecting, and seeking consolation, and praying, and all those things help to heal.

“Even Beyonce has 24 hours in her day” people say. And that’s crazy how inadequate I can feel as a result. Or, how motivated I can feel knowing that even the greatest are just humans at the end of the day, who chose to use their time well.

I read a book called “The Time Keeper” this summer. It was about a person who invented…