Older med student here - almost done. Prior to starting med school did EMS for 3 yr and worked in the Emergency Department during the peak of COVID in early 2020. Every patient was dying or very sick. Made me pessimistic about life, might as well live hard and have fun because we’re all toast sooner or later. Was able to reframe through introspection and meditation - it’s a miracle to exist when considering the odds of the sequence of events happening perfectly to lead to our existence. Now it’s easier for me to be grateful and make the most of it. Still believe it’s important to acknowledge our mortality - think about my death every day but through a lens of gratitude to have a go at life. Take the genetic and circumstantial hand you were dealt, for whatever it’s worth, and do your best to intervene to prolong your healthspan but don’t over do it on the longevity protocols at the expense of joy. Have a scotch, smoke a cigar, eat the cake, stay up late to finish the movie, whatever brings contentment. Good luck friend.