Think Carefully Before Jumping

Below is an excerpt from my diary now that I am in residency for internal medicine. I reread it often because I do think this way on my bad days and the points are valid. Now I should say that I don't regret the choice I made. 70% of the time I like what I do, but when the days are bad they can be really bad.

All I ask is that people think carefully before jumping into this path. You are smart. You are trying. You deserve to let yourself have time contemplating what medicine really can mean. Often you are coming from a prior career like I did. This forum helped me out alot when I was changing careers so this is my controversial contribution.

Think Carefully Before Jumping:

"I can't quite because my life is based on my training. My finances are ****ed but I'm done. I want 7 days on and 7 days off. I want to live again. I want to worry about the color of my socks and not about the dying patient in ICU rm 4 who is 94 and still full code; meaning I have to break her ribs to perform CPR because that is how it is effective and the family can't ****ing decide to let this poor woman go to god.

I want to hike a mountain and discover the science in nature once more. I want to be allowed to be curious w/o breaking my mind over another person’s rules. I want to create. I want to do art. I want to dance. I don’t want to deal w/ societies **** ups any longer. Welcome to medicine kids. Hope your hard word will be worth it… "

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Think Carefully Before Jumping