What’s YOUR Story?

These are strange and scary times indeed! Everywhere we look, every social media account, every Instagram post, every news article is centered on one thing and one thing only – Coronavirus. The impact that it is having across the world is mind-boggling to see,  and the stories of the effects (and after-effects) it is having on a global scale is sometimes difficult to comprehend in its scope.

I would like to open this blog post up to anyone who reads –

I would love to know your story and how this has affected you and your family? Where in the world are you? How is your country handling the pandemic? How has it affected you personally? What are your daily lives like at the moment? What are your circumstances? What are you most worried about? What has been the hardest thing for you to deal with at this stage? How do you foresee the coming weeks and months?

Feel free to write as much as you’d like! Who knows – maybe we can gain hope or perspective from the life you’re living right now!

It’s the one great thing about the internet – it allows us to connect with people across the world and to hear and share their stories. I’ve certainly shared many of mine over the last couple years, and would love to know yours now!

Keep safe!

Wade

NEW BLOG SERIES! Wits GEMP Class of 2022 Student Stories

I’ve been at medical school for two months now (only? It feels much longer than that!!) and the most incredible thing so far has been getting to know the different people in our class and hearing their stories of how they got in to medicine!

As someone who spent 8 years trying to get in, I know only too well the feeling that it will never happen, and it seems downright impossible most times… And that gave me the idea of starting this new series for the blog – Wits GEMP Class of 2022 Student Stories.

Our class is made up of students with such vastly different backgrounds and ages, and it really is inspiring to hear their stories! I know a lot of people who stumble across this blog are in some way on their own journeys of getting into medical school, and oftentimes it is a painfully long and lonely road… I hope these stories give you the hope and desire to continue with your journey, and will show you that your dreams are within your reach, so NEVER GIVE UP!

Not Just Med School: Meaning and Mortality Musings

I don’t know if it’s just me, or if others think about it too, but I often find myself wondering about death and mortality. I know that sounds morbid and depressing, but it’s something I’m acutely aware of on a daily basis. It is our reality. It is inescapable.

A confluence of events in my late teenage years threw open my mind to the stark possibility that each new day brings with it the possibility that it may be our last on this earth.

“At the end of the day you’re another day older; one day closer to dying”

― Les Miserables