After a busy night on call or an endless clinic with people making huge demands of you, you may be feeling a mixture of exhaustion, emotionally drained and wonder if you could ever make significant changes to your life and still be a doctor.
Think of your medical life as being like a spreadsheet. Just like a spreadsheet when you change one thing, since everything is interconnected and dependent on each other,everything else changes. However small the thing that changes there will be a ripple effect on other things because everything is interconnected.
Changing something in one area of your life will effect other areas of your life. You could change something at home or at work and the thing you change could be as simple as tidying some cupboards and throwing away some clutter, those things you no longer need. Doing this seems to create some space, not only literally physical space, but also metaphorically, emotional space. for new things to come into your life.
So if you are feeling frustrated by your lack of progress in achieving whatever it is that you want in your life, try a different approach: get out of your box and do something, anything to shift some energy. Throw old stuff away, clear a few cupboards, buy the thing you’ve been procrastinating about for a while especially if it is for example something to wear in a style you don’t usually wear or change your hairstyle or hair colour and then observe how the rest of your life starts to change too. People will notice and even if they don’t say anything to you directly they will subconsciously be alert to what you do or say and be expecting something different from you.
It really works! However if you want someone to talk to while the changes happen contact me. Find out if Coaching can help you as it has enabled hundreds of other doctors to make the shifts they want and enjoy life in or out of Medicine so much more.
