How I Feel 6 Months After Leaving Medicine - reacting to internet hate and what’s next
I quit 6 months ago - no clickbait here. Thank you for supporting me. I spent 10 years becoming a doctor, and now I’ve quit. My name is Zach. I’m 30 years old, and I was an internal medicine doctor working and living in Boston, but 6 months ago, I left medicine forever and now live in Pennsylvania. Now, after the shock period, I wanted to share what my experience has been like since leaving and my future plans. I thought it would be helpful to those facing a career change or other medical people who are considering leaving to share how I’ve been feeling and thinking since I left, my plans, including finding a job and where I’m going to work, and, of course, my reaction to some the internets reaction of my quitting medicine 1-hour video. Timestamps: 0:00 The Internet's Reaction 10:30 How I Feel 15:00 Organizing My Life 27:30 What's Next? 33:00 Zooming Out Join 5,000+ on The Tuesday Tune-Up:💌 https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ 💌 where every Tuesday, you’ll receive one actionable tip to improve your health, wealth, or happiness based on scientific evidence in less than 5 minutes. 🐧 Twitter - / zachhighley - I post here daily 📸 Instagram - / - I never post here 📜 Article - https://zhighley.com/my-life-plan-aft... —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Who am I: My name is Zach. I was an Internal medicine doctor, and now I'm figuring out how to build wealth and health and sharing what I learn along the way 🌐 (https://zhighley.com/). I write a weekly newsletter 💌 (https://zhighley.com/newsletter/) where I give evidence-based tips on health and wellness. Join the 5,000+ who read it every Tuesday morning to get ahead. The Gear I Use to film videos: https://zhighley.com/resources/#_YouT… What I’m Reading: https://zhighley.com/resources/#_Books

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