 Alright, we have to talk. Alright guys, so today's video was not intended whatsoever, but as I was coming home from work, I kept looking through my Instagram DMs, comments, YouTube comments, emails, and I saw a common theme questions that kept showing up and I really want to address it because I know some of you guys are having the same questions pop up and the question basically surrounds the idea of I've heard that medical school is hard, should I pursue it? Now I have a pretty strong opinion about this question. I've answered it in the past, also made videos which I'll link down below of how hard I think medical school is really, but this question is a little bit different because really people are asking permission to pursue or not pursue medicine because they've heard it's hard and here's what I want to point out to anybody on their journey, whether you're considering going into med school, whether you're pre-med and trying to apply, or you're in medicine, you're wondering if this is the path for you. The first thing to consider is ask yourself who is telling you the medical school is hard? The answer is almost always going to be somebody who is in medical school, finished medical school, and is now doing their training. Those are going to be the individuals that are going to be telling you that medical school and the journey of becoming a physician is hard, but here is one important thing to remember. Everybody on that journey or a majority of them don't really know any different. For example, myself, aside from one gap year, the only thing I know is going through college, studying really hard, going through medical school, studying really hard, and now being in residency and working really hard, but I can't compare that for anybody on how medical school is in comparison to law school, in comparison to somebody who does a business degree and decides to work and invest in finance. There are so many different tracks and fields that I have no idea. So the only thing I can tell you is medical school is hard, but the only reason I can tell you that is because my experiences include high school, college. That's pretty much it. So medical school is hard because it's harder than college. Residency is hard because it's harder than medical school, but I can't give you that comparison to any other field because personally, I don't have those experiences and most people going through the field, going through the medical journey, don't have those secondary experiences. The only thing they can tell you is medical school is the hardest thing that they've done and no doubt that makes sense. And so if you are in the position of wondering if medicine is for you because you've heard somebody tell you that medical school is hard, that is the hardest thing that they've done, but they also don't have a comparison to a different occupational field, to a different specialty, that is all that they know. So take it with a grain of salt. Anything that you do, whether you go into business, whether you go into, you know, a different form of science or a different healthcare field is going to be challenging for you. But simply hearing somebody else tell you that medical school is hard and then using that to discourage yourself from exploring the field from pursuing it is not a good decision on your part because you don't want to go into a field where you're pursuing a different healthcare field or a different field altogether and then realizing you know what, this is hard, but two, I also don't like it. You don't want to be in that situation. So you rather go into medicine, work hard because you're going to have to in any field you go into and then realize that this is actually what I want to do. So bottom line guys, remember that the people who are telling you that medical school is hard really have no secondary experience besides going through different phases in the medical journey and realizing that each phase is obviously going to be more challenging. So just because you hear that medical school is hard does not mean it's not going to be doable for you. And also remember that if it's worth having, it's also worth working hard for. So if you can see yourself as being a physician, if you really want to make an impact in the lives of people and that is your ultimate goal, then don't let that conversation of med school being hard discourage you from exploring the field. But that guys is my basic answer of med school being hard. Should you pursue it, always remember who's giving that advice, know that that is probably a limited subset of experience that they've had to take their advice with a grain of salt and three and most importantly, if you want to pursue the field, don't let the hardware discourage. But that's going to be it for this video guys. If you are still feeling stressed out in your medical journey and you want a tool that we have on MDJourney.com for stress management, go ahead and check out in the description down below to the stress to success program. I'll link it down below in case you guys are interested. But thank you guys so much for always watching these videos. I appreciate you making it to the very end and your support. Thank you for being a part of my journey. Hopefully I've been a little help to you on yours. I'll see you guys in the next one. Peace.