savoy096

Hello! I’m Jensen. I tend to have a lot to say, but I’ve had a really hard time writing this post. I imagined using this space to reflect on how my experience at MSIH thus far has been fun and funny and challenging and supremely delicious, but it seems disingenuous today. So, this post is going to be a little different. The world is a scary place right now. I have never felt so far away from home, nor so unsure of how to be useful. There is so much to do and I can’t help but feel stuck: my Skype credit is hurting from how often I call my congresspeople, I am doing what I can to connect people to resources from afar, and the small bit of savings I had stashed away is being put to use by organizations I care about. At the end of the day, though, I’m just sitting in front of a computer. I think all medical students grapple with this dilemma, no matter what is happening around them. Most of us are here because we are motivated by human interaction, because we want to understand people, and...