Abstract
The fallacy of chasing after work-life balance.
Highlights
As a pediatric intensivist and clinicianscientist, finding a balance between work and life is essential to my professional success and my personal happiness
Since entering medical school over two decades ago, I reached the conclusion that the concept of work-life balance acts as quicksand in our professional and personal lives resulting in slow drowning in frustration, depression, and exhaustion
Why are we taught to strive for work-life balance in the first place? The entire future of our modern “24/7” society appears to revolve around mastering this concept, with the ultimate promise that – once achieved – we will all be compensated for the misery and sacrifices that we endured along the way
Summary
As a pediatric intensivist and clinicianscientist, finding a balance between work and life is essential to my professional success and my personal happiness. Since entering medical school over two decades ago, I reached the conclusion that the concept of work-life balance acts as quicksand in our professional and personal lives resulting in slow drowning in frustration, depression, and exhaustion.
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