Let me begin by proclaiming that I am an intrinsically optimistic person who believes that things will fall in place even when we step out of our comfort zones. We have this tendency to silently accept a certain stagnancy in our lives and apprehend taking the needed steps to reinvent our lives by creating space for passion to fuel our lives. There is a need to stave off this tendency by a few simple tricks which I will dwell upon in this write up.
Let me first introduce myself. I am a Radiologist by profession for the last over twenty years and I am heading the Radiology department at Bhagwan Mahavir Cancer hospital in Jaipur for the last 14 years. It is the biggest Cancer care hospital in Rajasthan and one of the most prestigious in North India.
As a specialist, I do the diagnosis of patients suspecting cancer with advanced technological tools like PET scans and MRIs and it’s a strictly 9 to 5 high-pressure job six days a week. In between, I also mentor and teach my medical students apart from handling administrative works of my department as its Director and Head. We need to have it in us not to reduce our lives to being a drab and settled affair.
When kids were young, they were my foremost priority but I would still extricate myself that much time to pursue my interests, be it trying new recipes in the kitchen or designing my own clothes or learning Kathak. COVID induced lockdown came at just the most opportune time in my life- my kids were going out finally to chart the.
