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AStay completely present — block everything else out and work through it step by step, right now.
BTriage fast and delegate — get the right people on the right problems immediately.
CTrust my gut and move — I work best when I stop overthinking and just act.
DAsk the question everyone else is ignoring — what’s the thing that doesn’t fit?
ETake a breath, make a joke to cut the tension, and then get to work — panic helps no one.

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ABecause I wanted to be where it matters most — right at the edge, when someone’s life is actually on the line.
BBecause I wanted to help people — genuinely, one patient at a time, in a system that makes it hard.
CBecause I was drawn to the intensity of it — the stakes, the drama, the feeling of being fully alive.
DBecause medicine is the most interesting puzzle there is — and I needed a problem worth solving.
EBecause I wanted to make a difference — and also, honestly, I didn’t know what else to do with my life.

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ACompetence and calm — I need people who don’t fall apart when things get bad.
BTrust and reliability — I want to know that when I pass something off, it’s handled.
CConnection — I want colleagues who become family, even if that gets complicated.
DIntelligence and the willingness to be challenged — I have no interest in people who just agree with me.
EFriendship — people I actually like spending twelve hours a day with, because those hours are going to happen either way.

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AI carry it. All of it. I don’t look for ways to put it down — that weight is part of doing this work honestly.
BI process it and move — you have to, or the next patient suffers for the one you just lost.
CI feel it deeply and lean on the people around me — I don’t think you’re supposed to handle that alone.
DI go back over every decision — not to punish myself, but because I need to understand what I missed.
EI grieve it genuinely, find some way to laugh about something unrelated, and try to be kind to myself — imperfectly.

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AIntense and completely present — no small talk during a shift, but exactly who you want there.
BSteady and dependable — not the flashiest in the room but never the one who drops something.
CPassionate and occasionally chaotic — brilliant on the hard cases, prone to drama everywhere else.
DBrilliant and difficult — right more often than anyone else, and everyone knows it, including me.
EWarm and self-deprecating — not the most intimidating presence, but genuinely good at this and easy to like.

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AProtocol is the floor, not the ceiling — I follow it until the patient needs something it can’t provide.
BI respect it — the system is broken in places, but the structure is there for a reason and I work within it.
CI follow it until my instincts tell me not to — and my instincts are usually right, even when they cause problems.
DRules are for people who haven’t thought hard enough about when to break them.
EI try to follow it and mostly do — with a few memorable exceptions that still come up in meetings.

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AEverything outside these walls — I’ve given this job my full attention and the rest of my life has gone around it.
BMy idealism, mostly — I came in believing the system could be fixed and I’ve made a complicated peace with that.
CStability — my personal life has been as chaotic as the OR, and that’s not entirely a coincidence.
DMy relationships — I am not easy to know, and the people who’ve tried to would probably agree.
EMy sense of gravity — I use humour as a coping mechanism, which not everyone appreciates in a hospital.

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AThe fact that it’s real — that nothing else I could be doing would matter this much, right now, today.
BThe patients — individual human beings who needed something and got it because I was there.
CThe people I work with — I have walked through impossible things with these people and I’d do it again.
DThe next unsolved case — there’s always another puzzle, and I’m not done yet.
EBecause despite everything — the exhaustion, the loss, the absurdity — I actually love this job.

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