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how do I balance vet school, work and extra curriculars?

I'm wondering how I can balance both work and school as well as keeping my personal life interesting without suffering from burnout trying to balance it all

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BALANCE is the key word. If you are currently enrolled in veterinary school, then you know that the workload is more than equivalent to a full time job (maybe fulltime job and a half). So, by choice your life is already heavily leaning toward a veterinary education. But having said that, it is important to have a life outside of (perhaps away from) veterinary school. If your only personal contacts are with folks in and around vet school, make certain that some interaction with them is "extra-curricular" (e.g. intramural sports, attending campus athletic events, concerts, etc. etc.). I would encourage making acquaintances outside of colleagues at school. Join a "not too demanding" club or hobby group (could be a special interest group even within your academic colleagues), but we ALL need some diversion from the day-in & day-out of veterinary medicine. Now , the hard question, what life could be more interesting, exciting, engaging, challenging than the pursuit of your dream to become a veterinarian ? If you talk to people outside of vetmed, they will be enthralled with the things that you are doing a learning. You can teach the public, and many will be interested. Bottom line: you have to choose vet school, work, interesting life. It's a challenge to balance the three, but the DVM reward is well worth it in the long run. Hang in there !
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