Jimmy Turner: This is called an arrival fallacy, and it’s a big problem for a lot of doctors.
Quoting Jimmy Turner, Associate Professor in , on X/Twitter:
“I’ll be happy when I become a resident, it’ll make all this studying worth it. I’ll be happy when I am an attending… that will solve my burnout. I’ll be happy when I buy a house… or car… or… This is called an arrival fallacy, and it’s a big problem for a lot of doctors.
It is much easier to continually look up the mountain to our next summit, and far harder to look back down to see how far we have come. I’m learning more and more that if you aren’t enjoying the journey, no arrival will ever make it worth it. Financial. Career. Or otherwise.
Gertrude Stein had it right when she said, “There is no ‘there’ there.” If you aren’t happy, then the ladder you are climbing may be against the wrong wall. May be time to jump to a new ladder instead of waiting to get “there” to someday be happy. You deserve to be happy now.”
Source: Jimmy Turner/Twitter.