Insight of the week: I’ve been using the term insight to describe a patient’s ability to see themselves as they are. I just completed the Knowledge Project/Farnam Street Decision by Design course and they instead used the term awareness. I generally use the term awareness more in regard to athletics and the ability to recognize yourself in space. This parallel is the ability to look outside of yourself and take a perspective from a greater context. This skill is something I hope to cultivate. There is a lot of cultural education that needs to be considered, and much of this can be considered stereotypes or biases. How do I think this person is viewing me, what is their initial impression, how are they interpreting what I’m saying. It matters because each person only takes away their perspective from the experience and in this context the physician patient encounter. It doesn’t matter how I felt the visit went, it only matters how they interpreted it and what they took out of it.
Overall:
Time is flying by. I can’t believe it’s halfway through May already. Feel like I never have free time, which is of my own choosing. Struggling with trying to intentionally parent and never feeling like I have time.
Training/Running: Week 1 – PL and 5K week 1
Started this program this week. I ended up dropping my training maxes by 10% consistent with Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 recommendation and it was 100% the right call. I just felt like the numbers were more right. The running actually happened. The last day of the week’s volume was cumulatively higher than I anticipated and that made it challenging. It’s more or less Westside conjugate with a higher intensity UE/LE day and a dynamic/volume day. The running felt good, which was a nice change. It also made me less concerned about getting everything in on the weekend. The workouts are relatively short and efficient. It’s probably what I need right now. Getting the running sessions in is leaving me feeling a little more beat up than expected.
BJJ:
2 sessions. Comp day and 1 on 1 working on lasso passing. I’ve been struggling with that pass on a consistent basis. Comp day was great.
Sleep:
Trash – sub 6 hours pretty much every day. Our baby is the issue and it just is what it is.
Stress:
Relatively high. Lots of meetings last week coming out of the conference. The job transition has been a non-stop continuation of prevoius stress. The week ended with a lot of patients and a lot of meetings.
Learning:
Last weeks conference was great. Finished all the podcasts I wanted this week. Not getting through books or ILE at the pace I want. I finished the Desisions by Design course, which I’m very glad it’s over with. I took the A4M test last week and I’m glad that stressor is over with. There’s a lot that I want to do from an eduction perspective, I just keep trying to step back and say is this really going to make me better at my job. I don’t know the answer outside of I know that I want to keep learning and investing in education.
Seeking Progress 