savoy096

I’ve never been one to get overly involved in extra-curricular activities. Student council, clubs, after-school events – they were just never my thing. Throughout my school-going career (and as a professional student this means throughout my entire life), my attitude has always been “get in, get out.”  I’d go to classes, and participate, but once that last bell rang, I would quickly make my way home to ‘do my own thing’.  In college, I even made sure to live in a different borough than where my school was located (school was in Manhattan, but I lived in Brooklyn). I’m not sure why I’ve always been averse to getting involved.  I always had friends in school, and a rich social life outside of school, but the idea of being involved in clubs and societies always made me nervous.  Maybe it was the extra burden on my already full calendar, maybe I was concerned about having a decent amount of variety in my life, maybe I was simply lazy. When I started med school, not much ...