The media loves to publish stories about how stressed new doctors are and how bad med school burnout is. You probably read them all the time, but at Picmonic, we like to look on the brighter side. Burning out isn’t really our style and we don’t like this “I’m-more-stressed-than-you-are” trend. In fact, the whole reason we started Picmonic for Medicine was to help students study without all the anxiety and frustration. You can try it for free if you’re stressing out, but also take a look below at our list of de-stressing techniques that’ll help you keep calm and, well, since you’re a med student… cram on. Just Start.If you’re feeling overwhelmed it can be difficult to even start studying or putting your goals together, but that’s when it’s the most important to just jump right in and go! Give yourself some time to work up to a heavier workload by starting simple, but studying often, and soon it will become habit and routine. Location Location LocationConsider your environment. Sometimes work can seem harder because you don’t thrive in a noisy environment or a super quiet environment. Or an environment without coffee. Pay attention to the kinds of places where you work best. Know Your LimitsMaybe your friend studies twelve hours a day and you think you should, too. Try it. If it works, great. If not, no big. Find something that does. If you make your goals too lofty, you won’t stick to them at all because you will…
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