Author: IM-PCP

Fitness Log #69

Just because I am a doctor, and encourage patients every day to exercise, doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own issues with getting sufficient exercise. Long hours, tiring days, family obligations, illness: they are all stumbling blocks, no matter what your occupation.

I have been recording my exercise weekly, mostly to keep myself accountable for reaching my goal (sometimes this works, sometimes I miss). If anyone reads this, I hope they will take this as encouragement to keep going, and acknowledgement that it isn’t always easy.

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Medicine And FI, Fast And Slow

I recently attended a conference on Physician Wellness, during which we were asked to do an exercise in pairs. Alone, we were to write down three goals at our job. Then, we were to ask our partner about a time when their work aligned with those goals, and how they felt.

My partner for this exercise was a hospitalist, who talked about the joy in finding time to really talk to a patient. When you don’t have to rush off to the next emergency or phone call, and can have a longer talk about who they are when well, or what has been happening, or just listen to someone who is sick and needs support.

For me, I thought about a visit I added on during the holidays, with no one scheduled afterwards. We had time to talk beyond the allotted 15 minutes, and to cover a few more problems, to build a stronger connection. I even had time to write the office note, while my house staff took care of business in the hospital.

In both cases, what we wanted was enough time to do our jobs well.

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Fitness Log #68

Just because I am a doctor, and encourage patients every day to exercise, doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own issues with getting sufficient exercise. Long hours, tiring days, family obligations, illness: they are all stumbling blocks, no matter what your occupation.

I have been recording my exercise weekly, mostly to keep myself accountable for reaching my goal (sometimes this works, sometimes I miss). If anyone reads this, I hope they will take this as encouragement to keep going, acknowledgement that it isn’t always easy.

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Fitness Log #67

Just because I am a doctor, and encourage patients every day to exercise, doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own issues with getting sufficient exercise. Long hours, tiring days, family obligations, illness: they are all stumbling blocks, no matter what your occupation.

I have been recording my exercise weekly, mostly to keep myself accountable for reaching my goal (sometimes this works, sometimes I miss). If anyone reads this, I hope they will take this as encouragement to keep going, acknowledgement that it isn’t always easy.

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Fitness Log #66

Just because I am a doctor, and encourage patients every day to exercise, doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own issues with getting sufficient exercise. Long hours, tiring days, family obligations, illness: they are all stumbling blocks, no matter what your occupation.

I have been recording my exercise weekly, mostly to keep myself accountable for reaching my goal (sometimes this works, sometimes I miss). If anyone reads this, I hope they will take this as encouragement to keep going, acknowledgement that it isn’t always easy.

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Fitness Log #65

Just because I am a doctor, and encourage patients every day to exercise, doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own issues with getting sufficient exercise. Long hours, tiring days, family obligations, illness: they are all stumbling blocks, no matter what your occupation.

I have been recording my exercise weekly, mostly to keep myself accountable for reaching my goal (sometimes this works, sometimes I miss). If anyone reads this, I hope they will take this as encouragement to keep going, acknowledgement that it isn’t always easy.

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