Mid life crisis

Is it possible to have a mid life crisis at 28? Doubtful, but that's what I prefer to call the last two months. Another acceptable description would be 'severe burnout'. I got back from South Africa and I was instantly obsessed with getting a new car. Why? Who really knows, but my justification was that I observed others driving manual in England and in South Africa, and I wanted one. There were of course very stringent parameters as always. I wanted a car that had manual transmission, a nice looking interior, and was cheap. 'Nice looking' to me meant 'old with few buttons and no screens', something I figured out for myself much later in the car buying adventure. Ease of import to Canada was a criteria I didn't really bring to the forefront but I used it to judge what I would buy, although for some reason I was too impatient to wait until residency was done. Then my parents came by and I yelled at my mom for not using her head, then I complained incessantly at work, and then finally one day I caught myself being generally grinchy when my EM elective in Alberta was confirmed. I thought to myself, why do I hate everything? Was it always like this? I'm gonna go back to meditating, like I would in med school. Also, every opportunity to eat food is a test of resolve toward weight loss (learned this the hard way today over fries and ice cream). Also....I like my '86 NA 944 :-)

At peace

5 minutes before morning signout right now. Back from vacation in South Africa (more on that later). Wanted to share something quick, before the program director gets here and before everyone puts on their game faces. Everyone has different motivations for which they do things. Some do things for themselves, some for others, some for specific material or other tangible goals. Dieting and exercise was initially about being healthy for me, but I later realized I was more motivated to do it to attract women. Oop, program director's here. My new motivation for doing things, is to be at peace. More on this later.