Stupid, random, and very raw thoughts
Lately my mind has been wandering more than usual, and I haven't really had the time to sit and process my thoughts. So here I go. I feel locked into the wrong career path. I am a doctor, but I don't see patients anymore. I went to med school, but I don't apply what I've learned in the work I'm currently doing (public health). I put in years of painstaking labor to earn this MD, and in the end, I make just as much (or even less) than my relatives who went into accounting, marketing, or some other corporate thing. My brother Jiggy, who works in IT, makes only a fraction of what I do, but I find myself envying the flexibility that he enjoys with his time as a work-from-home worker. One thing that has become clear to me this 2024 is that I value time freedom over anything. Last month, my Lola Ising died in our hometown in Cagayan de Oro. She was 88. Capinpuyan family members flew in from all corners of the globe to grieve together, including of course me, Jiggy, and