Decisions are mine to make!

Why we shouldn’t make decisions based on the opinions of others

Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on Unsplash

A senior colleague recently told me he was about to retire, and when I asked what he planned to do next, his response was that he planned to “deprofessionalize”, meaning he planned to leave the profession of medicine completely. He added that he didn’t even want to think about medicine. His desire to not even think about medicine was a bit surprising…