why i can't get things done

subtitle: life as a 4th year

i have this radiology paper that i need to submit for publication soon. but it's really hard to find the motivation to prioritize working on it.

i had good intentions to work on it today. our lecture finished early. but on the walk back home, a friend asked me if i want to go shopping. how can i resist? :)
after shopping, another friend called to ask me if i want to go running. i need exercise, right? after running, i got a message from a friend wanting to go to dinner. i need to eat, right? :)

so we're all 4th years now. our thoughts are preoccupied by things like applying to residency programs. we need to finalize our CVs and personal statements. most of us pretty much know which specialty we are going into. we're narrowing down our list of places where we want to be. it's an exciting time for us. in our last year, we are trying to learn as much as we can. soon enough, we'll be responsible for a lot of things. we'll probably look back to this last year as the best of times. good luck to all of us as we journey on!