A note on other areas of interest and subjects besides medicine during your medical training

In theory, any theme is good for you to spend time on. If you have a hobby, a subject of interest, or a project that you wish to maintain during your medical training, you should. [I assume you’re doing no harm to anyone/anything...] If you don’t have it, you will probably often think that you MUST have it. Just be thoughtful about it. Is this the time to add additional complex demands to your life? And if you think a very busy schedule will suddenly turn you into an organised person, I doubt it. That being said, there should always be room in your life to exercise in some way, to read the press, and to read other things not medicine-related, fiction or non-fiction. Subjects about which I think you should definitely, definitely, seek knowledge are: ‒ management, ‒ personal finances. Infekta