During an afternoon study break in residency, my colleague shared this thought about how he hoped to anchor his career in family medicine.
Neither of us know who to attribute this quote to, and I've since brought it everywhere I've worked. While of course I gotta cover overhead and pay bills and chip away at debt, my work schedule has margins if I need extra time for my patients. So I may see fewer patients in a day, yet the payoff comes in subsequent visits. Providing care and making decisions together is a lot easier when there's a sense of understanding and trust between both sides.
And then after I see enough patients for the day, I go home to be with my wife. We live within our means to reduce the allure of working more and accomplishing more and accumulating more. And our time? It's spent with each other and with people we care about. That's an investment that we trust will bring the most abundant return into our lives.
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