Time is my most precious commodity.
It isn’t contacts, followers, friends, subscriptions, readers, link love, mentions, or people’s attention. It’s time. With time I can have all of these things. Extra money and amazing ideas are of little use without time.
The world is full of experts telling me how I should use my time. The problem, I’m told (by the experts with lots of free time), isn’t a lack of time but the use of the time I have. Actually, the issue is that everything I make is done around a full-time job.
Perhaps this is for good reason: It’s hard to understand medicine without standing where I am. So for now I’ll hammer out what I can between 5-7 am, after 9 pm, and when I’m blessed with a no-show.
I’m not one to make excuses but I do wonder what I could make with more time.
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Ive got the same problem. That darned day job….
I do not have the personal insight to know whether the practice of medicine brings enlightenment to avocation, or whether my non temporal pursuits bring enlightenment to my vocation. Do roots still the soil, or the earth hold firm the tree?
i think the only way to escape this dilemma is the following equation (i just came up with this, so it might have it’s long term logical flaws)
life + fun = job*
*variables in no particular order
the only way to escape is quit your job (be it a physician or pilot) and then see what happens
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