Young academically gifted students in highschool, don't consider to be a doctor. Go into tech and other related high ranking courses. Medicine is a field of burnouts, toxicity and a waste of your youth with minimal returns.
I think ambitious people should treat life in “seasons” rather than trying to balance everything every day.
A few years massively overallocated to work. A period getting seriously fit. A year or two nomading. Then family takes priority for a while. Then maybe at 35 you go completely insane again and spend four years building a new company, and so on.
The mistake is thinking every metric needs to stay green all the time. Most great outcomes (building a company, writing sth serious, training for an event) need uninterrupted runs, not daily moderation. Sometimes work should suffer cause you’re travelling, sometimes your social life should suffer cause you’re building, sometimes career progression should slow cause family matters more. That’s fine.
And tbh it probably makes life more fun too. You get actual chapters and completely different versions of yourself instead of spending 40 years maintaining the same perfectly optimised routine. A few intense years in one city, a weird nomad phase, an obsession that takes over your life, then something completely different. Probably much more memorable than one very long well-optimised Tuesday.
It's why I encourage everyone to think of balance in years, not days. A good life can look horribly unbalanced on some random Tuesday and still be very balanced over 10 years.
Do other moms pass up getting things for yourself because you see how expensive it is? Hub wanted subs for dinner tonight so I get them for kids and him and just 3 little ones is already $18.. his is $10.. plus tax. I say no thanks, I’ll eat leftovers. So I don’t get a sub sandwich because I don’t think I should be wasting money like that. (Even though it’s my husband’s money) 🫤 which then makes me feel left out but really it’s my own choice, but I feel like we really shouldn’t be paying to eat out at all so I’m the one sacrificing and being financially responsible. Am I alone in this? What would you do?
When I was 16 I worked in a factory with a mate of mine. One of the well liked older employees died suddenly at work one day. Figuring he didn't need it and it looked really tasty, my mate and I ate his packed lunch out of the fridge. It caused an uproar and we got asked to leave
Professor Dr. Christopher Balogun-Lynch (1947–2026)
Pioneer of the B-Lynch Suture and One of Sierra Leone’s Most Distinguished Medical Sons
Sierra Leone has lost one of its most brilliant and globally celebrated medical minds. Professor Dr. Christopher Balogun-Lynch, the Sierra Leone-born obstetrician and gynaecological surgeon who invented the life-saving B-Lynch suture, passed away today at the age of 79.
Born in #SierraLeone in 1947, Professor Balogun-Lynch left his homeland at the age of 17 with little more than determination and a few pounds in his pocket. He went on to become one of the most respected figures in #obstetrics and #gynaecology in the #UnitedKingdom and a source of immense national pride for Sierra Leoneans worldwide.
He received his medical education at the University of Oxford and St Bartholomew’s Medical College, London, graduating with his MBBS in 1973. After several years of training, including serving as Chief Assistant to the Queen’s Gynaecologist, he was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecological Surgeon at Milton Keynes General Hospital in 1984, where he established the hospital’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology department.
In 1997, Professor Balogun-Lynch revolutionised the management of postpartum haemorrhage when he developed and published the B-Lynch Brace Suture. This innovative surgical technique, which mechanically compresses the uterus to control life-threatening bleeding, has since been adopted in hospitals across the globe. It is credited with saving the lives of millions of women and has become a standard procedure taught in medical schools and practised in operating theatres worldwide, often preventing the need for hysterectomy and preserving fertility.
His groundbreaking work earned him international recognition. He was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Officer of the Republic of Sierra Leone (GORSL) by President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in recognition of his outstanding contributions to medicine and medical research. He also received an honorary doctorate from the Open University and served as a Commissioner for the World Health Organization @WHOAFRO on women’s health in Africa.
After retiring from the National Health Service in 2010, Professor Balogun-Lynch remained deeply committed to his roots. He returned to Sierra Leone on several occasions to teach and mentor medical students and doctors, contributing to the strengthening of maternal healthcare in his homeland.
Professor Balogun-Lynch was not only a brilliant surgeon and innovator but also a humble and dedicated humanitarian whose life’s work has had a profound and lasting impact on maternal health across continents. His invention continues to save lives every single day, long after his retirement.
He is survived by his family, colleagues, students, and countless women and families whose lives were touched and often saved by his skill, compassion, and ingenuity.
Sierra Leone has lost a true son of the soil whose brilliance shone brightly on the global stage. His legacy will endure through the B-Lynch suture and through the generations of medical professionals he inspired.
Rest in Peace, Professor Dr. Christopher Balogun-Lynch.
Normalize being very direct, very straight to the point and very assertive. A surprising amount of tension in adult life exist because people avoid saying what they actually mean.
actually your community IS coming to save you, people are going to show up for you, love is going to find you, strangers are going to be like angels, the world conspires for your highest good