A note from a subscriber,
My name is Maria and I am a medical student in my last year of medical school. When I first started medical school, I struggled with finding a good work-life balance. I was studying until 2 am, regularly running on 4 hours of sleep, brushing off friends and family to focus on studying. I got burnout in my third year during my internal medicine rotation while also suddenly losing my housing. I felt awful both physically and mentally. I finally said screw it.