Only 54% of doctors would choose a career in medicine again, only 11% feel "rich"

[magical thyme]

79. the grass is always greener on the other side, always

You're angry at yourself for not making that choice, and you're angry at the doctors who made that choice and now regret it.

It doesn't matter. No matter which choice you had made, it would have had good things and bad things about it. If you had made the choice to be a doctor, you may have lived to regret it. You don't know, and there is no point beating yourself up about it.

The same is true of the doctors who now regret it. They look at how much of their own lives they sacrificed and wish they'd chosen differently. Many, many patients are waaaay less than endearing and you can begin to wonder why your life is worth less than theirs.

The smart ones know that they're trapped in a system where far too often they are forced to prolong somebody's death instead of extending their life. That's why when they get some dread disease or other, they often choose to forgo "treatment" and spend their remaining time at home with their families.

And you spend a lot less time doing the thing you studied for and anticipated, and way too much time on paperwork and figuring out how to slip needed tests past the insurance deniers.