1. It is MOSTLY a 9-5 job, with no weekends or night shifts.
Yes, I hate going in to work in the weekends when I am supposed to be relaxing at home, spending time with my family or doing my shopping in town. Night shifts are worse. Not only there will be less doctors on duty which means I will have increased work load i.e. more stress, my sleep pattern will be all screwed up as well. Being a person who loves sleeping, night shift is a no-no.
2. I can wear my only favourite category of shoes i.e. high heels to work.
Most people may not understand how certain girls could wear 3-4 inches high of high heels from day to night, but I do, as I WAS like this myself before I officially became a DOCTOR. Back in college and uni days, I used to wear high heels to almost everywhere I go and never got tired of them, or felt tired in them. Unfortunately, I had decided to temporarily put them into storage since I started work given the on-calls and the distance I had to run across the hospital in limited time.
3. It is the closest I can find to my “ideal” job environment
I do not like hospital environments, including the vast area, the smell, the stairs I have to climb everyday, the wards, the sight of patients in their hospital gowns, the ward rounds etc.. My “ideal” job environment is like what you see in one of those Hong Kong TVB series where ladies dress up in designer dresses, walking tall in 4 inches stiletto heels, working in an office on the 38th storey overlooking skyscrapers. I know the GP environment is still too far from my “impossible dream”, but at least it is slightly closer than working in the hospital.
4. There is less standing up and more sitting down
I know I sound lazy but being on my feet for long hours everyday is really tiring. It also means with more time sitting down as a GP, I can utilise time between patients to facebook, blog, check my emails and even do some online shopping. Isn’t that perfect?
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So, are the arguments above sufficient to support my choice to do GP in the future? I just wish they could build GP centres on the higher floors of taller buildings, that way my job satisfaction will be enhanced as well.
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