1. Don’t be a doctor when you want to be rich.

2. Don’t be a doctor when you want to spend more time with family, friends, and beloved ones.

3. Don’t be a doctor when you think you will change the world.

4. Don’t be a doctor when you’re afraid of being tired, fearful of facing life and death.

5. Don’t be a doctor when you do not want to be blamed by someone when you have tried your best but still cannot help others.

6. Don’t be a doctor when you keep dreaming of a pure white blouse because there are times when that shirt will be tinged with everything the patients you approach.

7. Don’t be a doctor when you think you will save everyone. There will be times when you feel stuck, desperate because you can’t go against the laws of nature.

8. Don’t be a doctor when you want a job. Medicine or any other profession, only when you are passionate can you stick to it for a long time and overcome that job’s difficulties and pressure.

9. Don’t be a doctor when you’ve only seen doctors in movies, in newspapers, brilliant, extraordinary. You have to directly meet real people and real things and go through the feeling of “disillusionment” about this profession you have dreamed about and still accept to pursue.

10. Don’t be a doctor when you want to live a peaceful life, because the hospital is a minute society, where there are joys and sorrows parallel, there are good things and bad things, including peace of mind. Your emotions may fluctuate according to what you see, and the days you will have to go through.

DOCTOR’S DIARY