Let's see... full time and 50+ hours/week like everyone in this thread wants would look something like:This is very immature, if you are not a troll.
Focus on getting in. You might find that after putting in so much work it's actually not that hard to have a full time job and hobbies. In other words, you might get used to the work load. Physicians can take 1 month of vacation per year if they play their cards right, and a year goes by quickly. You can also do locums and work for 6 weeks on and 3 months off if you want. It probably looks bad if you try to join a group after doing this but your skills will always be in demand somewhere on this planet.
Don't expect a great deal of respect from people and you will be fine. If everyone did this, people would die. So don't flaunt your lifestyle if you get to that point.
Monday - Friday work from 8 am to 6 pm... come home after a 45 minute drive, take a shower and eat dinner. Would probably be 8 pm by the time all that is done, leaving me with a measly few hours for free time. So pretty much no real free time 5 days/week. And even if I was only on 8 am to 4 pm, I'd be all ready to play video games probably around 5:30 - 6 pm. But I like watching sports, and they often start around 7 pm and go until 9:30 pm. So looks like it's either/or for me on weekdays... either sports or video games, not both. Well, that's a problem!
Saturday and Sunday off. Well, Sundays are for football from 12 noon to past 10 pm, so can't play video games then... which brings us to my Saturday off. Yeah, sorry, but I'm gonna need more than a grand total of 1 full day to play video games.
This sounds better: Monday and Tuesday (maybe Wednesday) I work from 7 am to 5 pm. Come home and chill. Then Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday I have 96 hours to dedicate to video games, sports, sleep, food, etc. Sounds better to me.
Btw, never heard of these locums positions for doctors, but if they're anything like you say they are... I'd definitely at least look into it.