New Volunteer Job

The Phase I Clinical Trials clinic at UCSF Mt. Zion has an amazing group of people and I'll be volunteering there for the rest of the semester! Unfortunately, the first week of volunteering consists of cooping myself up in my own cubicle doing new employee/safety training. But I know that I love the people and they are all crazy intelligent in both interpersonal and logical ways. It seems this workplace strikes a nice balance between being casual and being very serious about their jobs--not to mention with new investigational drugs, there is so much potential to actually make a difference. I can't wait to see where this takes me - my supervisor is really letting me have the freedom to make something out of it.

A lot of new changes in my life are occurring--mostly internally, but externally as well. By thinking positively and stopping myself when I am being self-critical, I carry more confidence. With more confidence, it feels like people talk to me more and seek my company. I think I was always scared in the past to externalize who I am. I never really embraced my own qualities - good or bad. And then life slapped me in the face and told me that I was wasting energy on self-criticism and beating myself up for things that I clearly just imagined in my head - it's just a really bad use of mental and emotional resource and has repercussions that could fill you with regret for the rest of your life. Fight club, anybody?

Gonna end this academic year with greatness! And hopefully blog more.... but you know, gotta live my life.

Color Run, Tahoe, Bay to Breakers, Cal Day, and much more to come!