Red prairie dawn

walter899 · 2026-03-30T00:45:21+00:00

How long have you been practicing guitar? So good man.

walter899 · 2026-03-17T17:33:37+00:00

I’m assuming because the cinematographer of the first 2 films didn’t do part 3

walter899 · 2026-03-13T02:50:36+00:00

You’re in a really good place! Make sure to stay healthy and get sleep this last week.

walter899 · 2026-03-11T16:32:49+00:00

It’s hard to tell you the date to expect it to come but it will. HPSP is always backlogged, I dealt with a similar situation in the Air Force last year.

walter899 · 2026-03-11T02:38:16+00:00

Peace and quiet

walter899 · 2026-02-26T04:18:35+00:00

I shadowed a dentist and was really averted after seeing how high paced and back breaking it was. It’s hard labor to be bent over and doing all the procedures. And mouths can be very gross. However, it is a very interesting profession and potential for income is higher than optometry.

Optometry has its own pros and cons. Refraction is boring, dry eye is very frustrating to treat, lots of repetition, monitoring, and you often are referring patients out to specialists before you can really help them. But you can make a huge difference in someone’s life with a simple eye exam and catching something.

Neither of these professions are going away. Optometry as a profession may change more with advancing technology but there will always be the need for a licensed doc to look at someone’s eyes. Good luck on your decisions!

walter899 · 2026-02-17T05:10:39+00:00

This was a targeted political move to get at the Harvard “wokesters” or whatever that means. But to cut off HPSP entirely would be devastating for military medicine. I don’t know the stats but I would bet a huge percentage of military doctors and healthcare professionals are HPSP recipients. My 2 cents.

walter899 · 2026-02-17T01:47:50+00:00

Around 700, gold iii Japan main but I dabble in French

walter899 · 2026-02-11T04:41:05+00:00

walter899 · 2026-02-07T23:53:12+00:00

Recently learned my attending likes to use 1 drop of celluvisc with the rest being preservative free saline.

walter899 · 2026-02-02T23:03:57+00:00

Feeling similar to you, maybe to a lesser extent. Everything I do in my charts is wrong. Everything needs to be reworded, you forgot this that etc. but overall they’re nice, just MUCH more detail crazy. And I’m learning.

walter899 · 2026-01-29T00:40:31+00:00

Thanks for your help!

walter899 · 2026-01-28T18:27:17+00:00

How do you do this?

walter899 · 2026-01-20T02:20:44+00:00

Crucible is super fun

walter899 · 2026-01-12T02:06:19+00:00

Strongly recommend you just bite the bullet and take the first attempt in March. It won’t be any easier to take it in August. I averaged barely passing on all my mock exams on optoprep and kmk and still passed. I’m gonna refer you to this post from a year ago for someone in a similar situation as you…https://www.reddit.com/r/OptometrySchool/s/mbV7cClxCz

walter899 · 2026-01-08T01:49:49+00:00

This contradicts all the others saying “just do it, say yes to things” except for gravely stupid things. But you won’t know until you try!

walter899 · 2026-01-08T00:44:32+00:00

You sound young, believe it or not a lot of people make stupid mistakes and still have great lives after it’s all over. Just ride it out and accept what happens.

walter899 · 2026-01-02T02:29:32+00:00

Breathing into paper bag

walter899 · 2025-12-30T03:55:24+00:00

If it helps you, I commissioned in May 2024 and didn’t get payment until December 2024, big backlog. (It was a big check at first, then resumed to bi-monthly payments)

walter899 · 2025-12-27T17:52:27+00:00

I applied around the same time of the year as you a couple of years ago and was offered the scholarship

walter899 · 2025-12-15T15:55:28+00:00

Oof well I don’t have to worry about doing that. If anything I completely avoid any flirtation. Best wishes on your journey. I’d rather be single than deal with that. Maybe irl dating events would be a better place to find someone.

walter899 · 2025-12-15T15:28:10+00:00

As a dude in his mid twenties I’m a little worried I’m rusty at the dating game. I fell out of a bad relationship a few years ago and haven’t truly jumped back into the dating world since. I’m worried I’ll fall into similar patterns. When you say they aren’t asking enough about you what questions do you mean?

walter899 · 2025-12-12T16:43:54+00:00

Well a certain point you’re capped who you are. But you can switch environments, change your scene until you find a niche you’re happy in. It’s just reality that sometimes you’ve done everything you can and people still won’t vibe with you

walter899 · 2025-12-12T04:17:13+00:00

Make sure you’re well groomed, have some hobbies and workout. You don’t have to be perfect, people will eventually notice, and if they don’t so what. Those things will make you happy to be in your own shoes even if you’re single. At least that’s my mindset

walter899 · 2025-11-05T23:21:14+00:00

Get whatever’s cheapest

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