Let’s say our work-life balance is not where you want it to be. You craft an escape. Then what happens?
According to my guest on the Lean Out Podcast Dr. Maureen Gibbons, your focus should not be your escape. It should be a vision of what you want your life to look like.
What are you spending precious time doing?
Who are you with?
What do you truly want?
Maureen – AKA Dr. Moe – planned to stay with her busy emergency medicine practice until retirement. Only something changed: she was quickly ramping up a remote lifestyle medicine practice on the side. She walks the walk as a triathlete and sports nutritionist, and she loves helping others optimize their health. The cost of staying stagnant in her emergency medicine job began to outweigh the cost of leaving the identity she knew so well. If was tough, but she had a vision…
We talk about this and more in our conversation (listen below or wherever you download podcasts).
Can you identify one cost of staying in the same work-life balance you have right now? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment below!



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