Personal Trials in Life

Personal Statement
Trials come in different scopes and forms. Personally, I have experienced a series of unfortunate events which, combined, might have long-run impact on my professional future. For most immediate effect, I might not most likely be able to complete a board as and when required. Admittedly, asking for more is often an unpreferable, if not dismissable, approach to pursuing a “solid” and “consistent” professional career. Then again, one force majeure could alter a whole life in numerous unexpected ways. In my case, I have had – and I continue to have – not one yet several forces majeures making completion of my board increasingly out of reach. This account is, accordingly, less about a poignant statement on my current personal state of affairs and more about critical life circumstances of far-reaching professional consequences I do not, as a professional, wish to have any impact whatsoever on anyone I might deal with during my board journey.
Let me start backwards.
Most recently, I have been quarantined because of COVID-19. The combination of sickness and social stigma has only put me under an incredible state of stress. Having an eye on a board and experiencing pain I have never had before, I was – is – still under a state of double uncertainty: an uncertainty arising from growing doubts about my own health and an uncertainty about my professional future. The pain – in fact, deep pain, mental and physical – I have experienced (and still believe need more time to recover from) is, at best, indescribable. Indeed, I could say my pain because of quarantine has been – is &n...