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[GreenGeek]

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Anyone interested in writing a fiction book, textbook, screenplay or even getting their on TV show or something after their psych training?

 

[shan564]

Yeah. I'd also like to be a rock star. And I think I might cure schizophrenia in my spare time.

 

[GreenGeek]

Yeah. I'd also like to be a rock star. And I think I might cure schizophrenia in my spare time.

I was just wondering if people had interest in pursuing parallel careers =D We don't have to be only one thing do we? (Ahem....dissociative identity disorder..cough)

 

[nitemagi]

Yes.

But keep in mind no one is going to just hand you a second career. You have to pursue it just like you're pursuing your medical one. You may get a little more credibility having an MD.

I'm a writer for example. Having an MD is nice, but people aren't going to take my writing seriously without demonstrated evidence that I'm a good writer. The MD just adds credibility to the writing.

 

[Rachell]

I'm in a rock band and music is my life.

 

[GreenGeek]

I'm in a rock band and music is my life.

I'm running with that. Thank you!

 

[Daedra22]

Writing fiction has been a hobby of mine for a long time. I'm hoping I can continue doing that for the foreseeable future... more for the fun of it than for making actual money.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

Dinah Miller, of Shrink Rap fame, is a published fiction writer.

 

[vistaril]

Anyone interested in writing a fiction book, textbook, screenplay or even getting their on TV show or something after their psych training?

I'm investing in/starting/expanding a business(not related to mental health or health care at all really)with one partner and one half partner. It's something I've been doing on the side for 5-6 years(they have as well). I don't anticipate working any as a shrink in 5 years for example. But who knows...the future is unpredictable......

 

[shan564]

Yes.

But keep in mind no one is going to just hand you a second career. You have to pursue it just like you're pursuing your medical one. You may get a little more credibility having an MD.

I'm a writer for example. Having an MD is nice, but people aren't going to take my writing seriously without demonstrated evidence that I'm a good writer. The MD just adds credibility to the writing.

Yeah, that was the point I was trying to make by my earlier post. I actually do write, and I play music, and I do medical research. I'd love to make a huge impact with any one of those things. But in order to do it full-time, you have to be really good, really lucky, and really dedicated.

 

[strangeglove]

I'm investing in/starting/expanding a business(not related to mental health or health care at all really)with one partner and one half partner. It's something I've been doing on the side for 5-6 years(they have as well). I don't anticipate working any as a shrink in 5 years for example. But who knows...the future is unpredictable......

Now it all makes sense.

 

[vistaril]

Now it all makes sense.

???? Lots of people change jobs.....I enjoy aspects of mental health work, but there are other interests I've been pursuing as well.

 

[GreenGeek]

Now it all makes sense.

Can I get some props for helping decode the mystery???

 

[billypilgrim37]

???? Lots of people change jobs.....I enjoy aspects of mental health work, but there are other interests I've been pursuing as well.

If you were really ambitious, you would open up your own strip club that had a dbt iop in the mornings for the strippers.

 

[notdeadyet]

And the johns. Sorry, clients.

 

[strangeglove]

???? Lots of people change jobs.....I enjoy aspects of mental health work, but there are other interests I've been pursuing as well.

Yes, but most people don't decide to change jobs before they have even begun the first job (you are still in training, right?). Point is, it appears that you don't really love psychiatry, otherwise you would stick to it. That helps me, and perhaps others, to understand your usually devaluing stance toward a field that many of us love and do not plan to leave until we die/can no longer work. My guess is that you are using this forum to work through and publicly justify what is probably a tough decision to leave your chosen field. Perhaps we can now begin to try to empathize with you, rather than wasting arguing with you to try to convince you that it is a good field (which it most certainly is). Or maybe we should make an effort to keep you around in our field? You sound like a capable doctor in many respects.

 

[digitlnoize]

Anyone interested in writing a fiction book, textbook, screenplay or even getting their on TV show or something after their psych training?

Yep. I've been working on a book for a year or so now. Not related to medicine. Sci-fi series. It's really, really hard. But I have a great story that I HAVE to tell, and here's hoping I can do it justice. We'll see. I have all of book one outlined in detail and about 20% complete. I have the rest of the story outlined so I know where it's going, but that'll only come if book 1 does anything. If 10 people buy it, I'll probably finish the damn series...but we'll see.

I'm also an avid musician and will own a recording studio after residency. Basically so I can write off all my music gear purchases and for my own fun. I'll probably have a few paying clients here and there.

My wife and I also plan to open a small wine shop. Basically to give us an excuse to travel and drink. I'd also like a few townhouse rentals. Maybe a small strip of them...

A friend runs a boat charter so he can have a write off for his boat. Another friend wants to own a crapload of in-bar brethalyzers. Another wants a bunch of black-light mini-golf courses. I'll consider anything that seems mildly interesting and has some potential to make a profit.

 

[novopsych]

Looking for a way out? I get that.

That's why I never gave up on the dance and integrated it into my practice.

My only other sort out-there, probably-never-gonna-happen fantasy is to be a manager at an ABC liquor store. You see a lot of characters in there, and even if you can't save a life, you get to tell and hear some pretty wild stories.

 

[countryboy75]

Not really a career persay, but my brother in law and I (who I consider a good friend) both have an interest in alternative energy i.e. making biodiesel, windfarms, solar etc. This takes a lot of capital to start but once it gets going is easy to break even or better.

 

[vistaril]

Yes, but most people don't decide to change jobs before they have even begun the first job (you are still in training, right?). Point is, it appears that you don't really love psychiatry, otherwise you would stick to it. That helps me, and perhaps others, to understand your usually devaluing stance toward a field that many of us love and do not plan to leave until we die/can no longer work. My guess is that you are using this forum to work through and publicly justify what is probably a tough decision to leave your chosen field. Perhaps we can now begin to try to empathize with you, rather than wasting arguing with you to try to convince you that it is a good field (which it most certainly is). Or maybe we should make an effort to keep you around in our field? You sound like a capable doctor in many respects.

I guess i look at it like this- Life is short and you only get one. There is something I've always been fairly passionate about(and no...not adult clubs) and want to give that a go with a few other people. I think I can make a bigger impact, have more autonomy, eventually have a higher income and enjoy it more......it's not going to happen(in terms of a full time transition) tommorrow or anything, but I've already replaced some weekend and moonlighting work with it.