I'm about eight days out from taking my Step exam…

And I'm just about over this insanely repetitive lifestyle of intense daily studying. To be real, I highkey just want to take this test and move on with my life. It's cool and all to be able to synthesize everything I've ever learned plus more and to think through various mechanisms, but there's only so much of this that I can take. Although I know I'll learn even more useful information during this final week of preparation, I'm honestly real glad that the test is finally coming up soon lol. I'm just going to keep putting 110% effort into preparing for this exam and leave the rest up to God. As long as I know that I'm working harder for this exam than I've ever worked for any other test in my life and know that I'm giving it my all plus more, I'll graciously accept the score that I produce next Monday and continue moving forward with my life. There's only so much you can do before you begin to feel like you're burning out. The pressure is definitely building up, but the worst thing that you can do whenever it does build up is lose your cool. So I'm keeping my cool like I usually do. Matter of fact, I'm stepping right up to the pressure face-to-face. Kinda like that picture with 50 Cent and Kanye back in '07 when they dropped their albums on the same day. I'm Kanye and “The Pressure” is 50 Cent. And we ALL know how that panned out.

Life after Step still seems like a distant realm in the future to me, but it's literally starting next week. It's hard to believe that I'll be mingling with other medical students from around the nation at the SNMA's Annual Medical Education Conference in Atlanta starting next Wednesday and that I'll be kickin' it in Cancún in a little over two weeks! Just thinking about it all is getting me excited!

But first, I gotta go Beast Mode in these final days leading up to Step.

Then I gotta go Triple Beast Mode while I take the actual exam.

I. CAN. NOT. WAIT. TO. BE. DONE. WITH. STEP. 

Y'all have a great week!

“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

– Black Man, M.D.