11:00AM 5/8/2019
With graduation upon us, every undergrad has to face one final gauntlet: finals week; and you better believe I’m feeling it right now. With this blog, I will have completed all of the required material for two of my four classes, leaving me with two 13 page papers left for my history capstone and one online final for my online men’s health class. After Saturday I am a free man! That being said, those papers are due on Friday and I am stressing out to the absolute max this week. The online final is a cake walk compared to those. At this point, I’m just trying to graduate and figure everything else after. Graduation is bittersweet, because as much as I want to get out the door and go to law school next year, I’m going to miss the friends I’ve made and my time in undergrad. Oh what I would give to be a freshman again with all that I’ve learned over these four years, I’d be akin to a superhuman.
I think it’s fitting that this week’s chapter is on such an “adult” topic when many of us are preparing for graduation. Many of us don’t want to think about what we’re going to have to deal with in the real world, but eventually we’ll age-out of our parents’ healthcare plans and be forced to get our own. This chapter was helpful in outlining the various systems of healthcare available in the United States and how to navigate the various copays, deductibles, and coinsurance costs that come with picking an insurance plan that’s right for you. This stuff isn’t taught in school, so it was nice to read about it. I think I’ll most likely get a plan similar to my parents’ plan, as I haven’t had a problem with it before. There were other alternative methods of care covered, such as acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, and Naturopathy. Those are great for people if that’s what they need, but I think I’ll stick with evidence-based allopathic medicine. I’m a firm believer in conventional science and health care, and I don’t think that Traditional Chinese Medicine or anything of the like would have fixed the broken china plate that was my left foot after I got hit by a car. To the doctors at UMASS, it was just another day at the fair. They fixed me up as best they could and I wouldn’t be walking without them.
Moving on to my health aspect results for the semester, I was doing great up through March, but I got derailed in April and that killed a lot of my progress. Even if it doesn’t show on my body, I gained a lot of knowledge about habit formation and how I think it’s harder for me than for other people, and that’s okay. I think it takes more than 30 days to form a habit for me, and I need to recognize that moving forward, as there are many things that I would like to incorporate into my life for my own benefit. These things require I make them habitual, integral parts of my daily routine and life outlook, and thus I will need to put the work in to see the results I want in my life. I’m looking forward to the summer, finally having some time off from school and living at home. My goals for the summer are to get back to using MyPlate full time, locking in my diet like I did last summer, and finding a fitness routine that not only makes me stronger, but is also something that I can stick to long term. I also need to find a job for my gap year to save money for an apartment when I go to law school next year. I’ve got a lot of things to accomplish, but I’m confident that I can achieve my goals with hard work and dedication.
With that being said, here’s a photo of some of my friends and I at Springfest this year. I’m gonna miss these guys. P.S. I haven’t gone to the bar in two months and I don’t miss it. Springfest and my Orchid formal on April 12th are the only two times I’ve drank in the past two months. I’m glad I’m past my binge drinking days and can focus on other things now.
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