Physicians and other professionals are burning out at an alarming and unsustainable rate. Burnout solutions aren’t simple or easy to implement, but they are necessary.
If you feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and have little control over your life and its schedule, you may be experiencing burnout. Or you might just be a resident.
If you feel like you are in this boat, there are some possible solutions. And, no, I don’t intend to tell you to pray or meditate more often.
Sit down. Write down a list with three columns. On the left, write down the parts of your job that you love.
Achieving financial independence as quickly as possible so that you can choose to practice medicine because you want to, and not because you have to.
Going part-time may involve earning some side income that is unrelated to your main gig. After all, side hustles are the best kind of asset protection.
Never forget that your skill set is highly valuable. Working in the traditional “doctor gig” is not the only option.