Finding My Voice

This is not just a blog. It’s a diary. A diary of transformation. As I pull away from clinical medicine and start to explore the purpose and identity that I want to build the rest of my life around, I continuously work on finding my voice. My unique voice. The road to transformation started years ago when I realized that being a doctor was what I am best at, but less and less my passion. Writing here as well as in other places has made me realize that my true purpose is more aligned with the idea of communication. I love writing content, giving talks, and exchanging ideas.

This is what wakes me up every morning excited and ready to go. Given that I am financially independent, I don’t necessarily have to even be good at these things. My intention is to find joy and meaning, mastery would be an added and unexpected bonus.

So I decided to write this post to further delineate the ways in which I am finding my voice.

Blogging

I love writing. I always have. It is as close to a true life hack as I have ever discovered. It is my daily meditation in which I delineate my moment to moment thoughts as well as my future life plans. I have tried writing books in the past, but in reality short form writing is my favorite. I love to flesh out a unique idea or leave a thought germinating in the minds of my readers.

Finding my voice includes continuing to talk about both medicine and personal finance. It also involves delving into philosophy and contentedness. How do we use our jobs and our financial savvy to live the so called good life?

This blog will continue to house the playground of my thoughts.

I hope it is entertaining!

Public Speaking

As many of you know, I joined a speaker’s bureau recently. Although I still get butterflies every time I step on stage, I can find no other way to quench my need to tell stories. And stories are truly what I love.

I think we should tell ourselves the stories about our lives that make it magical. That we should form an identity and psyche deeply in touch with our own inner protagonist. I look at the sentinel moments of my life (my father’s death, having a learning disability, embracing and leaving medicine) as rich vaults to mine for significance.

If I can use my stories to empower people, if I can use my experiences to lessen the intimacy gap between doctors and patients, my skills of communication will truly align with my purpose and identity.

I will be acting as my best self. I will be finding my voice.

A New Journey

As a few of you know, I am starting a new journey soon. As I run towards my half retirement I will have more space to fill in. Based on suggestions of my friends and a hope to push my communication skills further, I am jumping into the void.

I don’t know if this journey will work out.

I don’t know if I will be any good.

But I know that I am ready to find my voice, and learn, and fail forward.

Beginnings and Endings

Moving away from medicine is the end of a trajectory that started somewhere around the start of conscious thought. The dreams of my boyhood and young adult life are transforming.

I will begin again.

Finding my voice involves writing and public speaking. It will also be consumed by new ventures big and small.

I hope you have enjoyed reading.

I’ll keep you updated.