tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post3128092622600186340..comments2024-03-12T14:43:01.539-06:00Comments on Asystole is the Most Stable Rhythm: Life style. Albinoblackbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-6889951481983200572012-11-05T18:53:31.687-06:002012-11-05T18:53:31.687-06:00I agree with all these posters. I'm in family...I agree with all these posters. I'm in family medicine and it is HARD! <br /><br />You have to do what you love.<br />Its medicine, it's all hard.<br />Burnout exists EVEN if you love what you do! Be true to yourself, love what you do and take vacations.<br />It's even worse if you don't like what you do.<br /><br />Remember to make sure that you do prioritize yourself. If you want a family, make it happen. When we're all at the end of our days our sacrifices for our work mean nothing - it's all about personal relationships. <br /><br />I'm still working on my own balance after being in practice for many years. It changes all the time.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884442981866929503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-28968291256718531402012-11-04T13:29:09.037-06:002012-11-04T13:29:09.037-06:00@OMDG--I am! But, I think the universe (a.k.a prog...@OMDG--I am! But, I think the universe (a.k.a program directors) will be deciding what I will be when I grow up. I am ok with that. :D<br /><br />@Hawkeye--I would like to put your comment on the other side of my Ruhlman quote card. I did a mental slow clap in the breakroom at work when I read your comment. Thank you for your perspective. <br /><br />@DFTFH--Yes yes yes yes yes yes "...paid for by a future self with unknowable preferences" is the most succinct way I've heard that fact stated. THANK YOU. This was the gist of a recent book I read about finding happiness and the inability of our 30 year old self to predict what will make our 50 year old self happy! <br /><br />So far, the family equation isn't even coming onto the scene as far as career selection for me. Which does make it a bit easier. If I had a boyfriend/husband pressuring me with regards to that things might be a bit different. Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-27562445399181480252012-11-04T08:59:42.375-06:002012-11-04T08:59:42.375-06:00To be honest, I'm not sure that the lifestyle ...To be honest, I'm not sure that the lifestyle argument is a fallacy. Medicine (in any field) is very demanding. However, there are fields that can be made more compatible with having an active role in raising your children and there are fields that cannot be made more compatible. This is something that we (a couple both going into the pinnacle of non-lifestyle fields) have often thought about and struggled with. The inflexibility in many medical careers is paid for by a future self with unknowable preferences, probably contributing to physician burnout.<br /><br />I love your enthusiasm and I share it. But as I did my sub-internships and as I traverse the interview trail, I am increasingly aware of how severe the challenge is. I love my field, and its unquestionably what I want to do with my life, but I understand why it is criticized and even lampooned at times. If I didn't want to have a family, though, things might be different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-38601961904366239852012-11-04T07:27:50.334-06:002012-11-04T07:27:50.334-06:00As a family doc I can say that the "lifestyle...As a family doc I can say that the "lifestyle" comment is a fallacy. I think I work hard and while I often don't have as much call as the specialists (although I do OB and emerg) I am emotionally exhausted at the end of my 12-14 hour days. I can't ignore the fact that my patients live on the street, trade sex for money, don't have enough to feed their 6 year old child, etc. The compassion fatigue in family can be overwhelming and exhausting in a different way AND it definitely impacts my "lifestyle."<br /><br /> If you are passionate about what you do, even in family, you can get burnt out. I think you need to do what you love - I'm with you on that - and we call struggle with balancing the things inside medicine and outside medicine. The people who think family is a lifestyle-speciality haven't met those that are passionate about what they do and dedicate themselves to their patients. I don't turn my pager off at 5PM!Hawkeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623557585318083823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-12481101783919723432012-11-03T17:21:25.434-06:002012-11-03T17:21:25.434-06:00If that's how you feel, then you probably SHOU...If that's how you feel, then you probably SHOULD go into Ob. Really, they say that if you want to do surgery (or ob) you need to like it better than sleeping. It sounds like you do. So go for it, already!OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.com