tasks

Getting things done

Amanda Xi

Today’s inane image of the day:

My new OU ID card! [I am a bit embarrassed at how my photo looks so I cut that out…]

The fact that I’m starting school on Monday is slowly starting to set in — I know it’ll feel surreal until the moment that orientation activities begin, but I finally feel more ready to take this new challenge on. 
On the tasks front, so far I have only gotten my immunization form and accompanying documents done, but now that I have my coffee, I feel slightly more ready to slowly chip away at all the other things piled up on my to-do list.
I just finished up Dr. Michelle Au‘s book, This Won’t Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies) while I was flying back from L.A. yesterday. I absolutely loved the book and recommend it for anyone entering medicine, especially women who are looking “to have it all.” While I recognized a lot of the book from reading her blog [I have almost read it completely from the first entry to the most recent — I think I have the entries from 2009-2011 to read], I still enjoyed reading her words. One of the things I love the most about Dr. Au is her humor and very down-to-earth way of writing. I truly look up to her and aspire to be as successful as she is.
We’re supposed to get one more OUWB Admitted Student Update soon — I’ll be sure to post an update when it reaches my inbox.
Time to stop procrastinating…

Preparing for the start of a new chapter

Amanda Xi

Today’s inane image of the day:

Did you know these diagonal crossings existed? Well they do in L.A. and they’re awesome!

Aside from mentally preparing myself for the start of a new school, I am swamped with several tasks in order to move forward with this new chapter of my life. Such things include:
  • actually completing my move out of Ann Arbor [kind of scary with a potential serial rapist on the loose]
  • tying up loose ends with the Engineering Club [this is so overdue…]
  • preparing my SWE Annual Conference presentation [also so overdue…]
  • finishing my lab data analysis and presentation [only slightly overdue…]
  • settling in at my new place [much of my life is still in plastic garbage bags thrown in various rooms]
  • various OUWB things including, but not limited to: immunization form, online orientation, anatomy primer… etc [the forms never seem to end!]
I’m hoping that by listing these things on a public space, it will motivate me to kick it in high-gear and get everything done before Monday. Obviously there are certain things that have more stringent deadlines than others and I’ll have to prioritize, but it’d be amazing to be able to cross each of these things off my to do list.
Help motivate me to finish these tasks!