137 days to my USMLE: the plan

My exam is on December 31. Today is August 16. That's 137 days, and I'm going to document all of them here — the plan, the numbers, the bad weeks included.

Why publicly? Two reasons. First, accountability: it's much harder to skip recall cards when strangers can count them. Second, honesty: I built the study system I'm using, and if I'm going to ask other students to trust it, the least I can do is bet my own exam on it in public.

The baseline (Week 0)

The intended baseline is question-bank performance, strengths, weaknesses and the time available around postings. A verified baseline and supporting screenshots have not yet been published. The opening plan is not a progress report.

One rule governs this entire log: no number appears here unless my dashboard said it first.

The plan

The week-by-week plan was intended for a follow-up report. That report is not yet published; the proposed routine below is not evidence that its sessions were completed.

The system underneath it stays constant from day one: every morning starts with the Daily Pulse sized to the time I actually have. Every confused lecture goes through Lecture Rescue the same day — no backlog of confusion allowed. Every wrong or guessed answer feeds the Weakness Ledger, and the Ledger decides my weekend revision, not my mood. Recall cards happen daily, even on ward days, even on the bus.

The rules of this log

The original intention was a weekly report with evidence, including difficult weeks. That cadence has not been met. Further reports should be published only with real records; no next-publication or examination-result date is promised here.

Status as of 18 September 2026: this remains the opening Week 0 plan. No Week 1 results or verified outcome are available. The site’s countdown shows elapsed calendar days toward a stated personal target, not completed study days or a verified examination booking.

— Meyshan · Follow the series under The Countdown