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Hello,
I've been a bit too stressed thinking about choosing a specialty. Some of the ideas I had about what was important to me have changed after spending more time in the OR and wanted to see if there are some elements I perhaps haven't considered.
In order to pursue medicine, I left a successful career that gave me lots of free time. I've always thought my choice made sense as long as I picked a lifestyle speciality in order to have a family and a serious hobby related to my original field. However I've completely fallen in love with general surgery and now I'm going around feeling stressed about the fact that no matter what I choose I loose out because I cannot have: enough sleep, an okay career as a surgeon, a family, a serious hobby all at the same time.
I've been a bit too stressed thinking about choosing a specialty. Some of the ideas I had about what was important to me have changed after spending more time in the OR and wanted to see if there are some elements I perhaps haven't considered.
In order to pursue medicine, I left a successful career that gave me lots of free time. I've always thought my choice made sense as long as I picked a lifestyle speciality in order to have a family and a serious hobby related to my original field. However I've completely fallen in love with general surgery and now I'm going around feeling stressed about the fact that no matter what I choose I loose out because I cannot have: enough sleep, an okay career as a surgeon, a family, a serious hobby all at the same time.