Societal hyper-focus on efficiency and viewing productivity as a metric of success reduces experiences to silos of tasks and goals. In the pursuit of success, as we define it now, we are caught navigating through a maze of checklists and unwittingly missing out on savoring the moments that make experiences memorable and immortal. In doing so, we fail to celebrate the ordinary moments while awaiting the extraordinary, the viral, the Instagram-worthy, and the tweetable.
The healthcare field, especially physicians, are not immune to this phenomenon. Rather, studies have consistently identified burnout as a symptom of modern medicine.
"For a sustainably fulfilling career, one must find a way to practice curiosity and contentment while avoiding cynicism by savoring the moments that build life’s experiences", through:
Intention - Have an intention to seek joy.
Imagination - Imagine a joyous version of self.
Permission - Give yourself permission to be mindfully present while experiencing the moments.
Ownership - Reciprocate claiming and owning joy by expressing humility and gratitude to the people we owe it to.
Toolkit - Build a toolkit for making joy a permanent record of your story. Document, Narrate, Share, and Repeat.
Practice - Practice this framework daily to turn joy into an epigenetic signal for personal and professional transformation.
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