Strengths and Weaknesses

Of course everyone has different strengths and weaknesses, things they're great at and things they are, well, not so great at.  As I begin to make my studying schedule for Step 1 of our board exam, I need to decide what subjects (organ system or class) I'm worst at so that I can spend more time focusing on those.  Amidst all this soul searching, I have also discovered some of my med school-related strengths:

1. Stressing myself out to the point where I feel badly about myself for not being more productive, but not to the point where I actually do anything about being stressed (i.e. getting off my lazy butt and actually getting work done).

2. Procrastinating by doing absolutely NOTHING - seriously.  Sometimes I just lose hours; there have been times that a whole day has passed by and I couldn't tell you for the life of me how I filled that day.

3. Complaining.  I am definitely one of the best complainers I know.  This should probably be #1.

4. Biting off more than I can chew.  "Yes, I will definitely finish my research project by February."  "Yes, absolutely I will run that elective."  "Yes, I can positively make dinner plans every night this week and not have it affect my studying."


Those are my top med school-related strengths, and I definitely plan on bringing them up at all residency interviews.  My greatest weaknesses?  I work too hard.  I care too much.  And sometimes I can be too invested in my job.