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richie  2yr ago (text post)   1115 thread views

Study/accountability partners

I'm aware that similar programs and apps exist but I would prefer the userbase here, for a variety of reasons, if there exists a subpopulation who could benefit from a regular setting out of goals/reading and then following up on how successful it was, or not, hopefully learn some lessons and rinse, repeat.

For my own part I have an exam on the 22nd which, if passed, entitles me to undertake a bar practice course, and I have the funds to allow me good chambers and no income for two or three years before finding my own feet. I probably have 5000 pages of reading to do over the next fortnight. My friend/lover is in a similar position but he has to pass the equivalent of what in the United States might be called the boards or medical college exams. His isn't until February 2023 and if I pass mine (takes five weeks to be notified) I will have two months to focus on him and some of the tendencies I repeatedly see in his writing that will make examiners think he is a political hot potato or too zany (not surprisingly, being a psychiatrist, and though I say it myself, probably the only person who could have answered the standard medical school admission questions with total cliches about wanting to help alleviate suffering etc ... and been sincerely earnest. He is simultaneously the most insightful reader of people and diagnostician, as well as seemingly unable to answer a basic question demanding a basic answer (i.e. questions basically designed to ensure he will be a safe practitioner if unsupervised, since he has already done the job for years so presumably has the knowledge base) without pumping out long irrelevant screeds that inevitably prevent career advancement.

Whether your project is building a boat or editing a textbook, and you are willing to work incredibly hard and fight procrastination, please message or DM me and we'll set up something mutually beneficial. Ideally include in your message your personal weaknesses that you are hoping to address, and of course the nature and scope of what you intend to do.

I like in Australia so the time zone disparities will inevitably cause issues.

All the best and hopefully looking forward to meeting some people here in a similar position to my friend and I.

Regards

Richard

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