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5 Life Lessons I Learned As A Doctor

Thanks for watching. I try to learn from everyone I meet, and I hope you found some value in what I had to share. -Jonathan 0:00 Intro 1:18 Lesson One - Youth Is Precious 3:42 Lesson Two - Invest In Health 5:36 Lesson Three - No One Gets Through Life Unscathed 7:26 Lessor Four - Mind-Body Connection 8:54 Lesson Five - Gratitude For Small Things 10:19 Bonus Lesson - Spirituality The first part of my script for the video: I recently made the decision to step away from Medicine in order to see much more of the world and to work on my creative passions, and also to deeply contemplate a new career path, and a new life path. Stepping away and having some distance after many years has allowed me an opportunity to reflect on my years training to become a physician, and also my years practicing as an attending physician. It gave me the time and space to reflect upon all that I had experienced, all that I had learned. As any physician will attest, the medical field comes with many challenges and hardships, but it also came with a great deal of unique learning experiences, many of which went far beyond anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, and truly extended into life itself. In many ways, I think the most rewarding aspect of working as a physician was developing close relationships with thousands of different people, all from different walks of life, all at different stages of life, all carrying their own burdens, all with a unique life story. As a pain physician I spent much of my time with my patients teaching them about the spine and the musculoskeletal system. However, in return, they also taught me a great deal. While I taught them about health, they taught me about life. And I’d like to share some of those valuable lessons with you. Youth is precious and temporary Most people live as if they will never grow old or die. Most people do not realize that their youth and time are precious resources, far more valuable than money or any form of material wealth. Most of my patients were in their later years, in their sixties, seventies and eighties. A lot of them remembered their younger years vividly, and would speak very fondly of those years. Many would comment upon how quickly those years had passed. Even in my own experience, my twenties passed by like a heartbeat. In many ways it feels like only a short time ago that I was in college and medical school, and yet in reality it was more than ten years ago that I earned my medical degree. Five years of post-graduate training as a junior physician and then four years of practice as an attending physician went by like a snap of the fingers. None of us will be young forever. Physical strength and energy are absolute gifts, and one day they will wane for all of us. Now saying this, I don’t want you to be anxious about your use of time, which would completely defeat the purpose of this lesson. It doesn’t mean that you need to be quote “productive” with every minute, as is often stressed in modern western society. In fact, I believe this mentality can often lead to misuse of time and energy, and is antithetical to what I am trying to convey. Truly valuable use of time is unique to every person. For example, if you are a nature lover, a quiet day spent hiking through the woods with your dog would be an extremely valuable way you could spend your time. What I’m trying emphasize is the magnitude of the gifts that are youth, energy, and time. Engaging in petty drama and gossip, online arguments on social media, working for years at a job you dread, are but a few examples of what are probably poor uses of your time and energy. Only you know in your own heart what is most valuable to you in this world...and you don’t want to look back in old age regretting that you spent your most precious gift on things that didn’t really matter to you. 2) Health is the ultimate investment This ties in very closely with the prior lesson. It is obvious that no matter how health conscious you are, you will not have the same level of physical strength, endurance in your eighties vs your twenties and thirties. That being said, something you notice as a physician is the striking difference in the level of energy and function between people who have put in the effort to take care of their health versus those who haven’t. Patients who made nutrition, exercise, mindset, and relationships a priority during their lives often retain remarkable vitality into their far later years.