Finding balance

Sometimes you have to take a step back and reassess your life. I recently decided to take a break from my rotations in my third year of medical school. I did this for lots of reasons. The first two years were challenging and draining. Although I've loved being out on rotations, there was a project I started a year ago to improve patient care and I knew it wasn't going to come to fruition unless I could put more time towards it. Also, friends of ours had a baby with Fragile X last year and it has become clear that we need more educational resources in this area. So, we decided that we should form a non-profit and work on getting a school opened in the area. It should be an interesting and busy year.