My Regrets about Quitting Medicine

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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
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00:00 Intro
01:04 The backstory
07:14 The good parts - Money
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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
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@aliabdaal Год назад

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@DrBrunoRecipes Год назад

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@karandahare3711 Год назад

Please attend Sandeep Maheshwari seesion

@khalilahd. Год назад

Definitely subscribing! Your productivity advice is always so helpful!

@Martina_E Год назад

This is relatable, inspiring enjoying these type of videos.☘️🍀

@miroslavstoyanov4462 Год назад

Why is your channel name not Dr Ali Abdaal? 😂

@rachelxin155 Год назад

All the junior doctors clicking into this video trying to find some comfort for continuing medicine. HAHA

@Aliabdaal10 Год назад

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@kostasmira2933 Год назад

😅😅

@Aliabdaal10 Год назад

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@mohaelmi067 Год назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂including me 😂😂😂

@lordgawain Год назад

😂😂😂 Guilty

@Ziyadmuhamad Год назад

the most truthful man in youtube ever , the only one who doesn’t want to sell something to you when he talks.

@AlexandreHenriquePinheiro Год назад

You mentioned about feeling useful, because medicine is about saving lives. I just wanted to let you know that through your videos, you did indeed saved mine. I'm a 26 years old architect from Brazil, who always dreamed about being an airline pilot. Because of your videos, I felt like it's something worth trying, so now I'm doing flight training and chasing that dream. You did save me. You saved me from this sad death bed moment, when people regret about undone things. I don't know if that's going to work for me, but at least I'm trying. Thanks for you channel!

@HenriqueBuiu 5 месяцев назад

Avante, camarada. Que Deus abençoe a sua jornada.

@matheuskalin7228 2 месяца назад

Greetings, Brother :) How's the flight training going?

@AlexandreHenriquePinheiro 2 месяца назад

@@matheuskalin7228 12h of flight experience now. I'm currently running into some financial issues but still trying to make 1-2h per month

@anmoltripathi9021 Год назад

I kind of sheepishly feel good that even Ali has insecurity of "what would happen if this thing doesn't work out?". This honestly gives me some confidence that I'm on the right path.

@CherryBlossom-bc1pv Год назад

Same

@michael-dy7pn 3 месяца назад

@CherryBlossom-bc1pv you want him to do you on the washing machine

@khalilahd. Год назад

Your story is truly inspiring. It’s really humbling to see how far you’ve come and where you started. It makes me feel like I can do anything 🙏🏽 we’re all so proud of you!

@campaspe810 Год назад

Seriously?

@user-xb6zu6hh3w Год назад

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@yourmomsdiary Год назад

Gurl why you are everywhere

@AnniePaige-iq5qp Год назад

@@yourmomsdiary probably trying to grow her channel by commenting everywhere?

@selfhelpchampion9664 Год назад

"Passion will move men beyond themselves, beyond their shortcomings, beyond their failures.” Joseph Campbell

@khalilahd. Год назад

Needed this 🙏🏽

@donkeythedetectivecat4590 Год назад

Not men, HUMANS!!!!!!!You forgot about woman!!!!!

@a.r.8987 Год назад

@@donkeythedetectivecat4590😆

@_notsaf Год назад

For all those who left/opted out of medicine: this is so comforting

@lydiacordero5245 Год назад

Yes

@ActressNikiHart Год назад

🍀Don’t underestimate the lives you are saving by being an impactful teacher.

@fadhshukor Год назад

True

@c.a.a.d.d Год назад

This man has legit saved my life

@sm24572 Год назад

True

@You-TubeUser2836 Год назад

Sycophant

@user-vx4zx6tf7s Год назад

I was so confused about my decision to study medicine, and I had so many questions that I couldn't find answers to, but now after I've watched your videos; I feel everything become more clear to me, thank you for sharing your experience and for being honest! 🍀

@femalejaysfan Год назад

I quit medicine as well, right after earning my MD, also to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes I have regrets, but ultimately, I have more relief than anything. Had I stayed in the field, done residency, and gotten hired, I think I'd have felt trapped forever.

@ezinneerhirhieneeukaogo1439 Год назад

I feel trapped

@toexplorewithromeobocala4816 Год назад

Man right. We go to school to get the knowledge and working the workplace. But when we put our feet in the door and saw the things. Fuck this and walk to the door.

@DownhillBoys Год назад

Just out of interest, can I ask what kind of business or startup you went for?

@angelprincess818 Год назад

What business did you start-up? I'm a doctor too, hoping to venture into business, but i feel clueless about it.

@vladb7727 Год назад

@@angelprincess818 Following

@aribloom Год назад

These types of "looking back" and assessing past decision deep dives are always so interesting, thanks 🍀

@octaviawalker823 Год назад

Interesting for sure.

@Ari_diwan Год назад

🍀 I didn't enjoy clinical medicine and decided to shift to pharma and clinical research / medical writing and I'm loving it! There's so much one can do within medicine!

@amruthareshi2719 Год назад

Hey, I’m a doctor in India and looking for alternatives. What’s medical writing ?

@rumouredsimmer Год назад

Hi I'd like to transition from clinical medicine to non clinical medicine. Interested in research and writng. Any advice

@lifeisbeautiful2k23 Год назад

How to enter clinical research and whats medical writing???

@nafissanafissa557 9 месяцев назад

Tell us more please

@JeanSeptember25 Год назад

🍀 Thanks for taking the time to share about your feelings on the decision you made, Ali. I find myself nodding to most of the things you shared because I had similar experiences and took similar steps as well as having similar explanations behind the actions I took. Cheers! 🥂

@wishingonthemoon1 Год назад

I really love the videos where you open up. Hearing your life experience as the context for videos is really helpful and inspiration to me.

@ashwathsingh Год назад

I find it incredible how open you are about everything you have done; thank you so much for making these kinds of videos because they probably help many people thinking about making such decisions! Thank you for all the help you have provided me with in this year, and also motivating me to make RU-vid videos. Happy holidays Ali and Team!

@aliabdaal Год назад

happy holidays :)

@chrisbasford1536 Год назад

Your best videos are when you share how you make decisions that don’t have simple answers. At the end of my career, I still try to add to my skill set each day.🍀

@helenahu Год назад

Thank you for keeping it real and being so open and honest! Don't ever change. Happy 2023!

@DrViolette Год назад

This is so inspiring and your insights are definitely helpful for so many of us. Thank you Ali for being willing to be vulnerable and real to your audience! 🍀

@joannelee2501 Год назад

🍀 thank you so much for always being so real and genuine with your answers Ali! you rlly hammered the idea of skills -> optionality -> one step closer to desired life. keep doing what you are doing !!

@joshuaomote810 Год назад

🍀 Loved it, thank you for being so honest!

@kkewsuk Год назад

my sister is going down the business route and I'm doing medicine. we hope our interests will one day support each other and become something great. Interestingly, my best subject in high school was business studies; because of my reserved personality, I chose science. p.s this channel is both inspiring and mind-opening, thank you for sharing your life stories. I wish you much more success :)

@alostunicorn Год назад

It's opposite in my case. My brother is an entrepreneur and I'm a doctor. We too hope to support eachother. My fav subject was maths. I believe in destiny hence i believe in its plan. 💜

@nicoletaborcos Год назад

Listening to your videos is refreshing and inspiring, i dont have much to add, besides the fact that you are on point and i can resonate so much with your way to approaching issues. 🍀🍀🍀

@CityViewtours Год назад

Yes you are right.

@egemenogredik9056 Год назад

Even though I don’t even consider studying medicine I knew there would be bits of information for me too and it didn’t disappoint, that’s the beauty of this channel that it can provide different points of view about anything 🍀

@rumit9946 Год назад

When you start to regret leaving medicine just join clinical work again and you’ll immediately feel that leaving was the right choice all along

@aliabdaal Год назад

haha

@mohammadrayyan7851 Год назад

😂😂😂😂

@christineteo6623 Год назад

I feel like you carry the weight of the world when you talk about your decisions.. you take so much responsibility for it - you definitely deserve all the happiness, and freedom that comes with it 🤗

@Aliabdaal10 Год назад

🔼🔼🔼

@Aliabdaal10 Год назад

📞📞📞

@MagdaA245 Год назад

Your videos are always inspiring ✨️. Thank you for sharing your journey and keeping your videos with honest and straightforward vibes. Happy 2023.

@TheSarosheffendi Год назад

🍀🍀🍀 Thanks for sharing your journey Ali. Love to listen, reflect and ponder about my actionable takeaways.

@pagesbynika7627 Год назад

Thank you so much for your transparency Ali!! super appreciate it

@masterninja7195 Год назад

Thank you Ali, your honest nature was recurrent throughout this video. Subscribed! 😀

@thandosilinda2590 Год назад

🍀🍀🍀Thank you.. I'm thinking of possibly going into med school later on in life. It's cool to see these perspectives! You are an amazing teacher!

@atumultintheclouds Год назад

Thanks for your donations to effective charities Ali! You're saving and improving real lives that way, and I for one appreciate it :) 🍀

@SAb-tt4kz Год назад

You saved more lives sharing this video with us

@stevesimmons6500 Год назад

Once again another great vid (talking from your heart always at your best when you do ali) .🍀. happy 2023

@englishenjoyed Год назад

“Finding work that you want to keep doing, says author Stephen Cope, is ‘the greatest work of your life.’” - Paul Millerd

@scientist1239 Год назад

Your videos are inspiring bro, i especially enjoy the podcast with you and taimur. Keep them coming

@Onalenna_Thobega Год назад

I absolutely love your content. I quit my nursing job too and I'd worked with Doctor's that quit eventually as well. Some of my friends are still in health of course, but I agree with most of your reasoning for leaving. One can make more money outside of our conventional jobs. I think I'm also big on work being fun and also owning my time.

@drazensalopek2677 Год назад

Thank you Ali for this video. You are good person and I think that many people thinking about quit their yobs but they don't enough courage and determination.

@alirezza9773 Год назад

🍀 Your 2 recent long videos are so much better and intimate than other videos in 2022

@aichazampalegre Год назад

🍀Love watching your videos! You're always honest and transparent, and create amazingly useful content, thanks loads.

@meriamnjah8633 Год назад

🍀I really appreciated all that you shared in this video. Hoping I can extend the warmth that it warmed my heart with to what I'd like to do next with my life 😌

@sherrymartini_ Год назад

Always love the honesty in your videos! 🍀 looking forward to your next book review :D

@Hummingbird25 8 месяцев назад

I really admire the path you created for yourself. You not only inspire others but teach others how to do the same.

@nazeefahnaj8000 Год назад

🍀 Thank you for sharing your story and your thoughts!

@cheewanng6138 Год назад

Thank you so much for your sharing. It really helps us having similar circumstances

@flatbrokeatfifty Год назад

I just finished reading So Good they Can't Ignore You and I am still deeply thinking about it. Great book for everyone to read.

@raylubin Год назад

I might not have started my youtube channel if it weren't for you. Thank you so much for what you do Ali!

@HikAri-iw7xe Год назад

🍀 I really like the honesty and the logical dissection of every decision and thought you make I just find it hard to project it on my own life

@jessicafan6221 Год назад

🍀Thank you for making this video and talking openly about every aspect of the decision. Sometimes it's a bit sad that things you love aren't what you do best, but acquiring new skills is definitely going to open up more options for one's life❤

@DawitBayulgn 4 месяца назад

Why did u type leaf?

@jessicafan6221 4 месяца назад

@@DawitBayulgn watch the full video to find out ;)

@shambhaviprasad1387 Месяц назад

Thank you so much, Ali. I cannot express how grateful I am to you. You are the only person who has ever given me a good piece of advice. I am from India and I am 15. I feel pressured by my parents and relatives to pursue medicine. You have given me the courage to take a stand for myself and pursue my passion which is teaching.

@abdullahba54 Год назад

When you left medicine, you knew what your goal and passion were, and you had the ability to do it, but others like me do not know what their passion is and what their goal is, but they must study in order to make money. My question is how do I find my passion and how do I find who I am ?

@sasanmanprinceofpersia1233 Год назад

This is exactly my dilemma

@TimTim__ Год назад

Same!!

@Lmab-qs1kr 8 месяцев назад

Haha same

@Anna-vesper Год назад

really like how you measured your impact through saving lives in the usefulness segment

@KnittingJoy 6 месяцев назад

As a GP currently getting all the paperwork in order for a "career break," I really identify with so much of what you've covered in this video. I really don't think i will return to medicine, but thought applying for a career break would be a good trial of life away from medicine, rather than going the whole hog and resigning! Autonomy is a huge factor for me. I was shocked at how little control i had over my own life as a junior doctor. It didn't get much better as a GP. Huge respect to you for making it work.

@aryans9334 6 месяцев назад

Out of curiosity, what are you intending to do? Good luck for your future endeavours!

@sherbetstraw8605 Год назад

I"ve only just started this video so can't comment on the content yet, but just had to say... your skin is GLOWING Ali!

@raihyder1263 Год назад

Thanks Ali.... This video helped me alot in choosing my career path and making the rational decision which I will not regret in future. Love your work. It really inspires me alot. Keep growing 💙

@smurfie4 Год назад

🍀 this video came at the right time. Thank you!

@khomotsoegbuonu3041 Год назад

🍀🍀 Thank you amazing teacher Ali. Your authenticity is amazing!

@AlexJ1 Год назад

🍀☘️🙌 Love these long rambling ones. I chuck them on while doing work. It's nice.

@dizzylbnt Год назад

🍀 Loved this video! Thanks for uploading!

@cjay2074 Год назад

I got so much value from this video, very inspirational 🍀❤

@Amin_Rezaei Год назад

Thanks for doing this video. You're Awesome!

@mrhobbis96 Год назад

Will you do an end of year business update like you did last year? I found it really interesting talking through your business’ performance, structure etc.

@Henry-rn5yl Год назад

🍀 past trauma RN turned entrepreneur and successful building my business 🙌🏼 thank you for this video!

@plugga4u972 10 месяцев назад

How did you heal with it bro?

@thetoo6691 Год назад

Really happy for this content😍😍😍

@theuruguayanpolyglot8706 Год назад

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing Ali!

@rapfarsibaza Год назад

🍀 Keep it up Dr.Ali I love your videos like this in which you just express all your thoughts and feelings about your experiences Very helpful and interesting stuff 😉

@dappa0000 Год назад

Ali really enjoy watching your videos and I believe one should always do what is best for themselves well done. 😊

@ellan0r Год назад

🍀 thank you for sharing your journey!

@beruniy_21 Год назад

Thank you for explanation and the recommendations: 🍀

@annaspeaks373 Год назад

Ali thank for your transparency, I am final year medical student and this is too relevant to me and also I just started this RU-vid thing, hope I can succeed in internet career thing.

@annaspeaks373 Год назад

☘️

@muzammil743 Год назад

Nice reflective and introspective video man 👍🏼

@deboralima3913 Год назад

You helped me so much with this video. Thank's ! ♡

@kendrajohnson6535 Год назад

🍀 "What makes your heart sing? What makes your spirit come alive?" Two questions I am not certain I know the answer to... Time to do some thinking. Thank you Ali 🙏

@aurora6310 Год назад

So proud of you ali❤

@enoculum Год назад

🍀very enlightening, there are so many options that we fail to see sometimes. Thank you for the video.

@beckymcfadyen4125 Год назад

🍀 Great insights! Thank you for sharing!

@natruizperez Год назад

☘️thank you! Listened to this as part of my morning routine and I feel ready for the uncertainties ahead.

@Ana-ye9rx Год назад

☘️ needed to hear this!

@YoonAlbert Год назад

Inspirational and we don’t get bored watching such long talking head video. Engaged all time and inspired me to continue on my RU-vid Channel 🤘🏻

@CarolineJuneee Год назад

🍀 great video. I always find them helpful and insightful, even if it triggers reflection, it all helps with steps in the right direction 🙂

@iamdanielsamuel Год назад

☘️ this is good stuff, Ali! It was great to hear your thought process in moving from Medicine to full time content creation.

@ZXIN313 Год назад

🍀 Inspiring teacher as usual 👏🏽

@DrSaadAkhunzada Год назад

Amazing insight ALI 🍀🍀🍀

@sara134n Год назад

🍀 enjoyed watching this and listening to your reasoning through decisions

@fatifatitu9320 Год назад

Thank you for sharing Ali🍀🍀

@rogerjohnson898 Год назад

Ali, there's no doubt that u r "born" to be doing what u r doing now & u do it brilliantly!!!

@DillonN Год назад

I really enjoy these long talks

@dr_hebaahmed Год назад

🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀thank you Ali, I always enjoy listening to you

@rayshafi2855 Год назад

You're so inspirational!

@Vlog_Media Год назад

similar thing progressing towards my 4-hour week. Great post @Ali Abdaal 👍🏻

@nihenaelijah Год назад

the highlighter flip @ 33:58 was so smootth

@topthinkug Год назад

Love what you are doing to put food on table or start doing what you love 💕💕

@bornatagethirty Год назад

Hey Ali, great content as always. Is there anything in particular that you did to become eloquent, or it just comes naturally?

@barneymd12 Год назад

🍀 thanks for this🙏 more power to you

@BrielleJuliet Год назад

Oooh excited for this

@EruditeYT Год назад

34:25 I’m sorry but you flipping that highlighter effortlessly is just the best

@Aliabdaal10 Год назад

🔼🔼🔼

@dghindmarsh Год назад

🍀 really interesting video. Thanks for sharing your in-depth thoughts!

@_unsteady Год назад

This must be one of my favourite videos

@stellamakrigianni608 Год назад

Kudos, you are an inspiration no matter how!

@Aliabdaal10 Год назад

↗️↗️↗️

@Aliabdaal10 Год назад

🔼🔼🔼

@wissamalmandili2315 Год назад

I’ve enjoyed every minute in this video 🍀