Yesterday, I was having a conversation with someone when they suddenly asked me about what kind of art I was into. The question wasn’t even that profound, but it triggered a couple of important realizations — mainly about why art is such a valuable part of the human experience. It’s…

This is a little nudge for my fellow medical students out there who may have felt impatient and insecure about their paths and roles in all the mess that is the COVID-19 pandemic. I can’t say I speak for all the medical students, because everyone’s situation is obviously different, but…

If my years of pursuing a public health and medical degree have taught me one thing, it’s that health is always going to be multi-factorial. A disease process is never brought about by just one cause, it is always going to be connected to others. For example, a patient does…

I’ve been dreaming a lot lately — in both senses of the word. That is, having oddly vivid dreams about people and places, but also spending a lot of time with my head in the clouds. I don’t know if my peers have been feeling this way, too; but spending…

Ever get that feeling where you feel so enthused about a billion prospective projects but end up flaking on every single one because they’d never be good enough anyway? Me, too. Every so often I get this drive to make something weird/potentially fantastic, but so many of those incubating ideas…

Quick notes on living more authentically towards your purpose and making the world a better place. The 8th rule in Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life is tell the truth — or, at least, don’t lie. Pretty straightforward, but why should you listen to some old guy’s advice? Thinking…