There's nothing like a movie like "The Pursuit of Happyness" to make you grateful, in general, for all the things/ people in your life. This kind of movie, I feel, is especially beneficial for whiny residents who are self-grossed in their socially deprived lives. We engage in self-dialogue that kind of goes a lil like this:
"God, my life sucks. I spend all day and all night helping sick people and what do I get in return? No life and a salary barely above minimum wage. I get berated by parents for not seeing patients quickly enough and they don't understand that I am sleep deprived constantly. And no one else understands what I'm going through... not even my family. And my body is constantly tired and I'm sick of it."
Then I watch this movie, and it's based on a true story of a man who works his arse off trying to excel at an internship while selling these ridiculous bone density scanners so that his son doesn't have to catch tuberculosis from some homeless shelter in San Francisco. This man, Chris Gardner, I believe fully understands the definition of sleep-deprived, if his life was anything like the movie. After finishing the movie, I vow never to complain ever again. I doubt this will last very long, but you can commend me for at least having a good thought.
So I'm talking to a friend today, who is also a resident. I bring up the movie. Before I can mention my vow, she says to me:
"Oh that was a great movie. I know it's not the moral of the movie, but it really made me want to go out and buy a rubix cube."
I think I will change my vow. I might be able to to actually fulfill the latter.
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it's all about setting reasonable goals
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