As years accumulate to my experience of being a doctor, i have also accumulated excuses to miss out on important life events: “duty ako e” “from duty ako e” “preduty ako e” “daming kelangan gawin” “sobrang pagod, sobrang toxic” “sleep is life” And if I really want to go to something but still cant, i sugarcoat it. Thinking about it as a sacrifice for the people I love. Missing birthdays, anniversaries, life celebrations then making a mental note that “hey it’s okay, everything I’m doing is for the future.”- Everything I’m learning now will benefit the people I hold most dear. (And I think that’s how most of us live with the missing out). But with each year of experience seeing sickness and death, i slowly find my excuses getting lame (still usable sometimes). Then 2020 came and is about to go bringing with it millions of lives lost. And we, doctors have been given more excuses to distance ourselves, excuse ourselves from being a daughter, a sister or a friend because w...