Social/Relationship Wellness
Social/ Relationship Wellness 2020
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Tips to help balance the different priorities in your life
By Huaying (Helen) Zhao, University of Alberta 2021Physician well-being and burnout are hot topics that have received substantial attention in recent years. With the statistics quite alarming (an estimate of 50% of physicians feel burnout), it is clear that finding overall life balance should start early, even during our medical education. Spending most of our time at the hospital or clinic or school than we do anywhere else in a week, it seems like a daunting, almost impossible task, to incorporate other activities into our lives. It is important that in the process of promoting wellness in others, we do not forget about ourselves. Here are some tips to hopefully help you start thinking about how to achieve a better balance in your life.



Applications for calendar creation I am pretty old school, and enjoy using my google calendar to organize my time. I create different calendars for school/clerkship, my extracurriculars/hobbies, and social time spent with family and friends. Finally, there is one calendar for necessary chores and tasks (e.g. cooking, laundry, buying groceries, eating). Don’t be afraid to have blank spots on your calendar! Not every time needs to be scheduled in. Besides that, I usually make a daily to-do list to split up each chunk of time into more specific tasks.
