Medical identity

What percentage of ‘you’ makes up your ‘medical identity’ and how much of you is left for something else? Medicine can eat you up, if you let it,  like a monster who is never satisfied, leaving your un-digestible parts to cope with another day. Many doctors forget they are more than the job.

Even though being a doctor is endlessly satisfying, rewarding and interesting, if you allow it to take too much of you then the rest of your life may be forgotten. Yes there is more to life than Medicine. Don’t let it eat you up completely.

Make a commitment to spend some time each week doing something you enjoy which is nothing to do with work. If you do that regularly you’ll be amazed how much more energy you have when y return to your duties.

How much of ‘you’ is consumed by your medical persona?