“Twilight”: captain’s log
If we’re afraid we’re going to fail at something, then we’ll do anything to procrastinate. I’m convinced that it’s because we simply don’t want to contemplate the idea of failure until we absolutely have to. This is a sound psychological strategy; unfortunately, when you’re dumb enough to have enrolled in med school, it’s also like emptying an ant farm down the front of your pants before the big 5K. Bearing all of this in mind, I decided to out-smart myself by allowing myself only two choices.
