observations
Logically it makes sense, but I find it baffling that practicing a skill, even if you're not good at it, will eventually lead to success. Repetition matters and it keeps getting hammered home at school, where in the clinic semester, we're going through the process over and over again, in slightly different ways. It's interesting to see the body as a puzzle, all of the singular parts fitting together to create a whole. The other day I was assessing someone and called a left rotated pelvis and when she was lying on her stomach, I could see the rotation. I haven't really put an emphasis on the visual observation as it's just a step and nothing to use as a confirmation, but it felt really cool to be noticing more through the process. I was a "back-up body" for a third year class and felt like my first year class was ahead of them, which is crazy. They did change the order of the curriculum this year and I am really lucky to have started now, because we learned way more than other first years have. The school runs where you feel overwhelmed for four years, miserable and dragged down by the amount of assignments and studying and practice required, but I really hope it ends up being worth it. I have been trying to slow down and notice the details in every aspect of my life, but I really find it difficult. I have to do everything fast or I feel late for some imaginary pressure. School has been helping me slow down, but the studying grind is really starting to wear me down. I'm hoping this month is a good restart before exams in January.