After 8 years as a medical student and junior doctor, this time last year I decided to completely quit medicine. It was a tough decision for me, so in this video I reflect on that decision one year later, and how I'm feeling about it all now. Enjoy x

The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd: https://geni.us/pathlesspath

WATCH NEXT:
Why I Left Medicine (the first video):    • Why I Left Medicine... Forever  
How I Created a $3m Business Part Time:    • How I Created a $3 Million Business P...  
How to Make Better Choices in Life:    • How to Make Difficult Decisions (with...  
A Day in the Life of a Doctor:    • Day in the Life as a Doctor  

00:00 Intro
01:04 The backstory
07:14 The good parts Money
14:31 The good parts Fun
18:05 The good parts Autonomy
20:32 The bad parts Career anxiety
22:58 The bad parts Insecurity
26:53 The bad parts Usefulness
30:16 Recommendations
38:19 Being a creator as a career path

Sign up to my free weekly email newsletter https://go.aliabdaal.com/subscribesu...

 Check out my weekly podcast, Deep Dive where I interview entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people    / deepdivewithaliabdaal  

MY FREE ONLINE COURSES:
Productivity Masterclass Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity
https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/produ...
How to Study for Exams An EvidenceBased Masterclass https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/studying
YouTube for Beginners Everything You Need To Know To Start https://go.aliabdaal.com/course/YouTu...

MY CREATOR COURSES
 Check out my free 7 day email course on how to become a parttime YouTuber: https://aliabdaal.com/parttimeyoutu...
 Creatorpreneur My flagship course for scaling up your creative sidehustle → https://creatorpreneur.academy/course
 Camera Confidence My selfpaced course on how to improve your creativity, career, or communication skills → https://cameraconfidence.aliabdaal.com/

MY FAVOURITE GEAR
My YouTube Camera Gear https://kit.co/AliAbdaal
⌨ My Keyboard Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) https://go.aliabdaal.com/keyboard
My favourite iPad Screen Protector Paperlike https://go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike
My Desk Accessories + Todo List Ugmonk https://go.aliabdaal.com/ugmonk

MY FAVOURITE TOOLS
 VidIQ How I optimise my YouTube videos https://go.aliabdaal.com/vidiq
✍ Shortform The BEST summaries of books https://go.aliabdaal.com/shortform
Readwise How I remember what I read https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise
Epidemic Sound Where I get my music (amazing for YouTubers) https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound

MY KEY LINKS
My website / blog https://www.aliabdaal.com/
Twitter   / aliabdaal  
Instagram   / aliabdaal  

WHO AM I:
I’m Ali, a YouTuber, podcaster, soontobe author and exDoctor working in London, UK. I make videos that explore the strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. I also have a weekly podcast called Deep Dive (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfo..., and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (https://go.aliabdaal.com/subscribesu....

PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from