Life is in the pause

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Well, it's been 5 months since I wrote my first post and well, life has been keeping me quite busy. To name a few significant events in the timeline, I gave my exams and passed my Masters, got married , went on a honeymoon and shifted to Perth. But beyond these conventional significant milestones in my life, the biggest one was the fact that I took a break from studying.

Trust me , anyone who has gone through the CBSE vortex, knows that it's a constant struggle till you pass your 10th grade boards, only to enter the Entrance exam rat race. And only when you finally crack it and get into medicine, do u realize there is a bigger meaner giant in the form of PG Entrance exam looming right in front of you. 3 years and perhaps the toughest exam of your life later, you begin to recognize and imbibe the sense of being fed up in every cell of your being and your brain literally shuts down.
So I took that break which my brain and my soul was yearning for.

Safe to say, since I was 6 years old, this is probably the longest time I have been without studying a book. And it's hard to think that's a good precious 22 years of my life.

Now as I set out for another adventure (of the academic kind, of course...it's just what we doctors do ) involving the Australian Medical Council which doesn't approve of my medical degree till I have cleared their qualifying exams to prove I'm up to their mark.
But the icing on the cake comes when my Masters isn't fully recognised by AMC  unless I have 5 years of clinical experience. Hurray ...!!!! So long story short....I get it to do it all over again!!

Well, people do ask me why ? Why are you doing this ? Why can't u just stay here in India and practice here ? Why put yourself through this ?

To which I have only one reply ...
The world is your oyster. U get one lifetime, one chance at exploring it. It may not be possible to go everywhere and do everything especially if u have a profession with as limitations and rules and exams as mine does. But one shouldn't let one's profession be the curbing factor which stops you from exploring the world and yourself and growing. Also having been blessed with the best husband and hugest family support system I could ask for, it's only fair that I do my part and do it the best way I can.

So, Gonna take a break from my break and get cracking at that AMC exam!!!
 Loads of love ,
Till I see you next time 
Pause: 15 Quotes on Why You Should Take Breaks, Relax, and Play
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