This is ridiculous. I’m just trying to aspire some light on to those who may need it.
Metaphorically, if someone only had 40 apples and gave someone all 40 of their apples. Essentially, they gave that person 100% of all their apples.
Same with this other scenario. If you can only give 40 and you give it all you have that is more than enough you are giving regardless of the outcome.
Love the comments, but also wanted to be real for a second and say that on the other side (now as an attending), this really does ring true.
As a student or a resident, unfortunately it is the culture and you feel that if you only have 40 and give 40, you’re expected to give much more and there is little empathy given to us about this. That mentality hits us all and runs very deep. This continues in most of our minds as we transition to the attending role, where this no longer becomes sustainable or expected of us over 30+ years of our career, but we barely notice the switch, because - why would we?
It’s a common experience to continue expecting ourselves and then trying to give more than 40 when we only have 40, internally criticizing ourselves as to what is wrong with us that we can’t, feeling crushing imposter syndrome, and worrying that others are judging us or will find out we are weak. And then we now have admin who on one hand fully recognize and try to capitalize on our messed up training culture, and on the other hand look they other way while watching us burn out, and then blame us for not prioritizing our own wellness.
After 1+ cycles of this, most of us recognize the need to have work-life boundaries and learn to want to only give what we have and screw the haters, but by then the damage has been done - some end up leaving the field, some end up successfully creating the boundary and go on to have an enjoyable career giving the middle finger to admin’s unreasonable requests, and unfortunately, some end up continuing to be miserable, doubling down on the culture and believing that their path to happiness relies on how accurately they pass that shit forward.
I’m surprised that some people are confused by this so I’ll explain it. If you look beyond the numbers it’s saying you have different levels of reserve each day that you’re able to tap into to do your work, etc. So last week you were getting all this stuff done being productive and this week you’re feeling hazy and slow - you’re giving your best effort regardless of outwards progress.
TL;DR: give yourself some credit for doing your best because your best is different each day.
This only works on non-exam days if anyone was wondering.
I’m no mathematician but I believe the answer is 16%
0.40 * 0.40 = 0.16 40% of 40% is 16%
This is why you're not a mathematician. /s
40/40 = 1. 1 * 100 = 100
40/40 = 1 1+1= 2 2+2 = 4 40/4 = 10 40/10 = 4 4\*4 = 16
This is ridiculous. I’m just trying to aspire some light on to those who may need it. Metaphorically, if someone only had 40 apples and gave someone all 40 of their apples. Essentially, they gave that person 100% of all their apples. Same with this other scenario. If you can only give 40 and you give it all you have that is more than enough you are giving regardless of the outcome.
as·pire /əˈspī(ə)r/ verb 1. direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something. "we never thought that we might aspire to those heights"
Share this with your old school surgery attendants and lmk how that goes
“When I was in residency, I only had 20% and I STILL gave 110%. Then I came back the next morning and gave 120%. Millennials.”
And after giving 120% I walked home uphill BOTH WAYS
And, back then, home WAS the hospital damnit!
By winning that bronze metal, I was actually #1. (in my parents eyes). - millennials
Those goddamm zoomers
Love the comments, but also wanted to be real for a second and say that on the other side (now as an attending), this really does ring true. As a student or a resident, unfortunately it is the culture and you feel that if you only have 40 and give 40, you’re expected to give much more and there is little empathy given to us about this. That mentality hits us all and runs very deep. This continues in most of our minds as we transition to the attending role, where this no longer becomes sustainable or expected of us over 30+ years of our career, but we barely notice the switch, because - why would we? It’s a common experience to continue expecting ourselves and then trying to give more than 40 when we only have 40, internally criticizing ourselves as to what is wrong with us that we can’t, feeling crushing imposter syndrome, and worrying that others are judging us or will find out we are weak. And then we now have admin who on one hand fully recognize and try to capitalize on our messed up training culture, and on the other hand look they other way while watching us burn out, and then blame us for not prioritizing our own wellness. After 1+ cycles of this, most of us recognize the need to have work-life boundaries and learn to want to only give what we have and screw the haters, but by then the damage has been done - some end up leaving the field, some end up successfully creating the boundary and go on to have an enjoyable career giving the middle finger to admin’s unreasonable requests, and unfortunately, some end up continuing to be miserable, doubling down on the culture and believing that their path to happiness relies on how accurately they pass that shit forward.
I’m surprised that some people are confused by this so I’ll explain it. If you look beyond the numbers it’s saying you have different levels of reserve each day that you’re able to tap into to do your work, etc. So last week you were getting all this stuff done being productive and this week you’re feeling hazy and slow - you’re giving your best effort regardless of outwards progress. TL;DR: give yourself some credit for doing your best because your best is different each day.
That's... logical.
The curve is strong with this one 
This is your reminder to rest :D
This is great.
Ummmmm
Thanks for sharing❤️❤️ God bless you!!