PookieMD's Blog: Where Physicians Learn About the Business of Medicine

I have decided to change the tone of the blog slightly–I want to post on where I’m going as a physician and a person.  The last four months have been especially challenging for me on a personal and professional level.  My husband, a high tech electrical engineer type, was laid off in May, and still doesn’t have a job.  I have taken extra shifts as a hospitalist and a primary care physician to try and make up the difference.

The result? A stressed, frazzled, and crabby PookieMD who misses her family and her time outdoors. Hubby and I had always chosen a simpler life–we have two cars with with over 100,000 miles on each, live in a very middle class neighborhood, and have consciously elected family time over money (and extra shifts!)  Our greatest pleasures have been bashing down black diamond ski slopes with our daughter and clinging to rock faces.  We have always chosen to earn less in favor of more time with each other and Tweenager Daughter.

So how did I end up working 50+ hour a week?

Fear.

Fear that Hubby would not find a job, fear that things would get worse, fear that we wouldn’t make it.

Well, I’m done with that.  I want myself back. So as I try to bring my life back in to balance, I will explore wins and losses with you, and continue to blog on the business of medicine.  So to that end, PookieMD’s blog will now be about managing your practice and your life.

I hope you will chime in frequently with suggestions, tips and criticisms as I bring my life back in to balance.

Tags: balance, life as a physician

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