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Totally agree. Will stick to medicine because this track is absolutley the right path for me.I don't know about med school, but I'll say this about life:
Almost every time, we know what the 'right' answer is, because there is no right answer other than the one that we find to be true for ourselves.
If you think something you are doing is 'silly' or 'useless' then it probably is (for you and your personal story).
If you fear something irrationally, then you better go through that door. If you avoid it, it will forever haunt you and come back in different shapes and forms.
Fortunately or unfortunately in life, no one can tell you what to do with any degree of certainty.
I might personally think that being an MD would look super cool in paper and potentially a great tool for greater business success, but if doing it makes you unhappy to the point of making life unbearable, then it's probably not worth it.
This is becoming far too long, but I'll give you one more: we tend to create options out of thin air, when in reality there are probably none. I think this happens a lot for highly analytical people and high achievers. Since you see everything as possible, but at the same time are realistic, you give yourself enough options for your mind to ponder but not enough to make them useless.
As my father figure used to say, go for the practical life. It's very likely that the things that you think are your options, aren't.
If I swap to something Business management, I would manage my business I have now, If I drop out, I would manage the business I have now and if I swap education, it would be a longer road and I might end up failing, not likning it or get a lead gratifying life than the one I will have.
Another thing: med school ruined at least two of my relationships.
You have to be prepared to sacrifice outside of purely your time.
I can definetly see why since I am in a serious relationship at the moment. However, I take time to scedule dates, wake up very early and do what needs to be done so I have time a few evenings a week to have a proper relationship.
If I didnt do that, I can see why it could ruin a relationship.
Anyway.
Fast update.
Got my vacation from work 3.5 weeks.
Managed to negotiate a raise (yay!)
Managed to change my scedule so I work 5 nights on, 9 days off, repeat. Will pay really well.
DECIDED that I will become a doctor and stop being soft. In 3 years, I will be a "junior doctor" anyway and can start to do treatments in my clinic if I have apporoval from a licenced doctor. Wont be a problem since I will work with one.
Also realised that it would not be realistic for me to continue with medschool this semester anyway since I have had some problems at my clinic and it took more time that I realised to get things done.
The Laser I bought didnt work out of the box. So the company will send spare parts and a mechanic from Portugal to try to fix it. I will try to negotiate a longer warranty due to the problem.
Also the booking system I have bought stopped working without me knowing so no one could book online this week. I made ads on social media that got about 50 clicks, 10% hit rate to my book now site but didnt get any bookings. Realised something was wrong and happily found it when a client called.
I also need to get banners, ads, web pages, social media optimisation, search engine optimisation, buy more machines, send an employee on a course in another city, get 2 deals with cosmetic manufactories. and probably a lot more.
Could pay someone to fix this but someone else might have gotten it wrong. Also would cost a ton and Im in the business of saving money and I have the skills to fix it myself (most of it).
So yeah. The more I think about it, the more Im happy things worked out the way it did.
This will give me time to learn how to study for real and ace the exams and not just squeeze by for the rest of med school because I dedicate more time and energy than alot of my peers and get compliments of being well read at seminars, just theese damn tests I need to learn how to write.
It will also give me time to optimize the clinic and finish all the little things that needs to be done so that I can leave it operating automaticly for as much as possible the next semester.
If I where to try to do everything now, It would just be a mess.
Lastley it will give me time to recuperate and reload.
Shure, It will not be fun to see my peers graduate before me but hey, I will have a clinic, they wont. Maybe I hire them.
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