burnout

I think this is the first time I haven't felt completely exhausted in a long time.

My friends saw me misread a series of texts with times and dates and miss an number of appointments - and finally sat me down to tell me to stop.

I did stop.  I didn't submit the paper.  I stopped working on the project.  I slept a lot between my interviews instead of studying compulsively.

When I look back at last year, I hardly recognize myself.  I was weeping every weekend I got off, (mentally) crawling from assignment to assignment.  I was so tired.  I didn't stop from defending my thesis to starting medical school to launching into a list of fourth-year projects.

I can't wait to really finish my projects to enjoy this year... if the year doesn't end before I finish those projects.