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Chasing My Dream

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"No matter how much I love that sleepy little town, my dreams weren't waiting for me there." My friend put this as her status today. I can relate to it. I was so in love with the people in my life living in Golden, CO, but there is so much more waiting for me outside of Golden. In Glendale, AZ at DO school at Midwestern University, as it turns out. Realizing my dreams is thrilling and at the same time terrifying. The amount of time and energy spent on chasing my dream of becoming a doctor is quite substantial relative to how long I've been alive. That means I feel like I'm on cloud nine in la la land, and at the same time like the next step I take could send me crashing onto the pavement if I fail.  Getting to medical school was fun and exciting. My mom and I made a bit of an adventurous road trip out of it.  Orientation was incredibly boring, but at same time full of bright eyed 20-somethings (for the most part) just like myself who&#