This is the tenth post - a kind of anniversary post, in a way

I'm back in Paris, getting ready for the HIIT Week organized by the French Ministry of Health, which kicks off on Monday. The entire week will be dedicated to lectures on how to work (and how things work) in the fields of healthcare and startup integration

The hospital, the ministry itself, and a couple of other government agencies will be hosting the winners of this competition to help them better understand the entire process - and to give me a chance to brush up my medical French a bit, haha. I can talk about a lot of things in professional medical French, but I still can’t really discuss the weather properly

Overall, last week was incredibly depressing for me - whether it was because I couldn’t work out due to illness, the constant rain outside, or some other inexplicable factor, I’m in a state close to bedridden depression, and that’s where I’m slowly slipping

Well, as of the time of writing, there are 10 days left until my birthday, which is also filling my head with thoughts about an existential crisis

In short, you can let yourself feel down today, but tomorrow you’ll have to grit your teeth and put on a smile, because things won’t get done on their own

To some extent, it bothers me that these posts have recently turned into a sort of chronicle of my depression. I don’t want to make excuses, but I do want to explain. I really want to share interesting content, photos, and travel stories, but right now reality is all about the crazy back-and-forth between two countries and my constant attempts to adjust my daily life to this situation. And depression has been a part of my life for a couple of years now, sometimes receding, sometimes returning. So it wouldn’t be right not to share this part of it; I’ve kept it bottled up inside for long enough already

But it’s just a passing phase that will blow over in time. Or maybe it’s just pre-birthday blues

Talk to you later, and stay healthy !