So I’m reading this book called your money or your life by Vicky Robbins. The title is pretty clear, so I won’t get into a lot of detail on the subject matter, but I do think you’d be doing yourself a great service to pick up a copy.
In the book, she has a line that I absolutely love and wanted to share with you.
“Waste isn’t having too much. It’s not enjoying or using what you have.”
Her point wasn’t that you have too many clothes because your closet is full. You only have too many clothes if you don’t wear and enjoy them.
If those clothes bring you joy and happiness and make you feel good about yourself, well then it doesn’t matter how much you have.
I was thinking about this as I was writing earlier in the week about students who have too many books, have taken too many courses, and use too many question banks.
Once these things start piling up on your desk, they’re a waste if they bring stress instead of happiness, there a waste. When these resources feel like more things that you’ll never get to in the cortisol levels Spike when you see that dust field pile of books on your desk, they’re a waste. In fact, they’re worse than a waste because not only do they not add joy to your life they actively suck it out.
I get it. It’s unlikely that a book on EKGs is going to bring you joy, but you get the point.
That’s one of the reasons I make resources that are different. I created the final step as an easy to use question book. It covers the medical content in a different format than anything else, and you can pick it up or put it down as you like — no stress and easy to use.
And the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter is similar in the sense that there’s nothing else like it. I write the newsletter each month to teach things you’re not learning anywhere else. It’s designed to be read in one short session and the material implemented immediately.
