My Ten Year Book Resolutions

    I have always loved reading but it has been incredibly hard to find time (an excuse), but with this list I hope that I will put in more effort. These ten books are inspired by various moments in my life and whether I have already read them or they are completely new to me, I hope I will enjoy them. So without further ado... my ten books for the next ten years of my life.

Year #1: Freshman Year of College

    As this will be my first year going into the real world as well as college, I wanted to read a book that would help remind me of the important things in life. We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach is about a group of individuals, all confined to a societal label, that are faced with two months left to live. This book involves aspects of life, and what it really means to live. I think reading this book will help me to see the importance in the smaller things in life and do more to maintain authentic relationships and love.

Year #2: Sophomore Year

    This book dives into the complex aspects of bullying the weak and the experiences that many go through in effect. While I know this will be a hard piece for me to digest and understand, I still want to read it to get a better understanding of the world around me. I know I live in a very privileged environment so I believe that reading texts like this exposes me to the more cruel and harsh world that exists, in turn allowing me to be more understanding and initiative.

Year #3: Junior Year

    This actually isn't an attempt at a joke. I wholeheartedly believe that if I don't MEMORIZE this book, I won't even have a future to read another book. So in honor of my MCAT exam that I have to take this year, I have decided to dedicate The Princeton Review: MCAT Prep book. I genuinely have to spend time reading this book and cannot put it off and be lazy like I do with any other book. I hope with this, I do well on the exam.

Year #4: SENIOR YEAR!!! (graduating just to go to more school)

    This book just really caught my attention because it talks about the past and how people can grow from it. When looking as such severe cases of the past as seen through this book, I think it can be hard to come to understanding and sympathize with individuals like this. Much like the other books in this list, I hope this will help me expand my empathy and understanding towards the lives I don't get to llive.

Year #5: I'm a freshman again

    This may seem unreal, but the real ones know why and that's all I need to say.

Year #6: Sophomore again

    This year will be the one I finally finish this book. I have tried two other times to finish this book and I haven't even gone halfway. I hope by completing this book, I'll finally be able to expand my perspective of others. From what I've read so far, the writing is very unique and stylistic, allowing a better view into what the speaker is trying to say. I think this will give me a good way into starting my new life.

Year #7: Junior

    A story about five women who escape oppressive environments.

Year #8: Senior year in Medical School

    This will be more of a nostalgic reread from middle school. This is by far the best fantasy novel I have ever read and I'm not sure if it's due to it actually being amazing (yes) or my association with the age I read it at. But either way, I would love to revisit this as an older individual and judge/praise my younger self for reading such a book. I'm actually quite scared because whenever I end up rereading a book from the distant past, I end up hating the book. I'm hoping this won't be the same.

Year #9: Residency

    I love reading historical fiction, especially pieces that focus on the many shocking aspects of war and its overall effects on the victims. I found this to be incredibly interesting and I look forward to reading it. This novel involves history on Russian life as well as touches to the medical field which I will am pursuing.

Year #10: Hahah another year of residency

    Since this is my final year, I want to reread a book that I have read in the past. I want to reread The Alchemist, because of the simplicity of the plotline. These long journeys and strenuous years that seemed to lead nowhere have finally brought me to understand that the journey matters more and what I've learned so far allows me to finally start my life. I think the difference in perspective between ten years of reading the same book will also allow me to see my life through a different light. As this is my last book. I want to end off with the note that I hope that I have genuinely grown as an individual. While I definitely probably did not read a book a week like Harvard dude, I think this habit will still significantly impact my life.