 So four years ago, I posted my very first YouTube video and now fast forward two years I'm working full-time as a doctor anywhere from 50 to 80 hours a week. Here's how I managed both Hey guys, welcome back to channel today I wanted to talk about how I balance my life as a full-time doctor as well as a content creator here on YouTube And so I'll be sharing a few tips to help me balance both without really feeling like I'm conflicting between the two busy lives And if you're watching this video and you're like I have no intention of being a youtuber No worries. Just take my YouTube time and fill it in with whatever side project or hobby that you want to make more time For while you're on a busy medical journey. And so that means that even if your side project is to become better at underbasket water Weaving it doesn't matter. I promise you these strategies will help you do that So the first thing I do with managing a busy life as a doctor as well as still being a quick content is finding open times of my Schedule. So currently I'm in my second year of a three-year residency Which means that all my hours depending on the rotation can be anywhere from 50 to 80 hours on average And then you throw upon a few rotations where I have to do a 20-hour call-up meaning I show up to the hospital at 7 a.m And I don't leave until 11 a.m The following day so you can imagine the finding time just to sleep much less do other things like great videos can be really Challenging so to help make this process easier. I like to visually see what time is available So as you guys can see this is my actual calendar right now on a day-by-day as well as a week-by-week basis Currently on the heart failure heart transplant service and it takes a lot of my hours So there'll be days like today where I'm working night shifts I don't go to work until 7 and then come home at 7 a.m Or there'll be days where I work from again a 28 hour call like Thursday this week where I'll work from 7 until 11 the following day So looking at this I can now see okay What hours have been taken by an obligation that I really have no control over like work and then finding open hours of time Where I can actually do things so typically my routine is at the start of the week or the start of the month I try to find these open slots and then fill in what things that I want to do like create content for YouTube So as you guys can see like perfect example time like right now It's considered to be YouTube time that's been blocked up previously and this is what I'm using to record this video But other times of the week are dedicated specifically for other things like creating new video ideas or outlining a new video or Just filming in general but having a visual representation of my overall schedule really allows me to still feel in control of a really hectic and busy life As a doctor so the second step that I use to balance a busy work life as well as creating content is I try to simplify the process every step of the way So when I look at something like creating videos I have to ask myself How do I go from idea to recording to publishing as quickly as possible and so each of these phases? I try to make as many upgrades or iterations on how I do my simple step-by-step process So for example, well here is my notion kind of board of all the video ideas that I want to create and I kind of do this In a way where it's easy for me to collect ideas raised of a recommendation that you guys obviously give or things that I get inspired by When I'm at work or reading a book and things I want to make future videos about and so I collect them into notion in this way So that way if I need to record a video I simply have a bunch of ideas I can quickly jump into and then also using notion I can categorize which videos I'm currently working on which videos need to be edited or which videos need to like be scripted and outlined So as you guys can see this current video that I'm making right now is under the a-roll of me I'm recording it and then I still have recording this video Then I'll go ahead and move it to the editing file But having a system are gonna easily move from idea to recording to publishing through notion really has helped me speed up the Process and again allows me to use that time more effectively again I like to simplify every single phase so we talked about actually coming up with ideas and getting ready to record But I try to make sure that the actual recording for it is the easiest possible So let me actually show you behind the scenes of what this looks like So this is as you guys can see from my phone view essentially what you're seeing the camera is mounted to my desk And so and so is the mic so I can essentially sit here and this beautiful Chair and just get ready to record and then I can see myself. So hi guys And my idea is this is the notion board that I was just showing you guys So I can just turn the camera on the mic is always on and I can quickly just hit record either through my laptop Or the camera and start recording and then using the power technology everything I record goes from the camera immediately to this beautiful box here through my laptop into the cloud through Google Drive So all my videos don't have to be stored now I have to like take out a memory card put it in to my laptop the process is super simple now While I'm currently in love with this setup It's basically a setup that was created throughout necessity because I used to be able to do the same basic thing where I would record on a Camera take out a memory card put it up wait for it to upload on my laptop Just take a lot of bunch of time and then get into the editing I've just again try to simplify the process come out the idea Record the darn video and then give ready to edit and publish it So again, it doesn't matter of YouTube or creating video content is not your actual side project figure out What you want to do and ask yourself how can you spend the most amount of time doing that and take out those Fluffs find those little micro waste of time and over time you come up with this beautiful system that just seems very elegant Obviously through multiple iterations, but elegant nonetheless The step number three that I use to balance a busy life as a doctor as well as creating content on YouTube is to make sure that I batch ahead now I've made a full video on batching and specifically how you can use it and studying a medical school I'll link it down below as well as put the thumbnail over here But batching is probably one of my favorite things to do to help improve my productivity So if you go back to my Google calendar, you can see that I'm not simply going from video idea Scripting to recording and then repeating the process because eventually I'm gonna be losing momentum So instead what I'd like to do is do a few outlines a few video ideas at one time and then sit down and record a few videos in a row But on the other hand, I may have a week where I have the whole weekend off And so I may be a perfect opportunity to do some video recording and finally step number four to balance a busy work Schedule with a side project. I want to work on is to make sure that make it fun throughout the process I absolutely love making videos for you guys I think part of it is just because there are experiences that I have and I realize man If I was like in my shoes even two days ago This is what I would have told myself and I would have considered that to be great advice And so then I put it into the format of a video some of it hits home some of it doesn't but as long as there's one person on The other side of this camera that says that actually helped me Let me try to use that Let me try to see if I can change how I do things in the short term or the long term I feel like these videos are worth it and so not only can I help myself in the future by learning for my own mistakes But making these videos it's just a fun process because ideally there are some of you out there that are avoiding the mistakes That I made ideally having more successes than I did so in the back of my head This side project is a reminder that my journey is not only my journey I can use my experiences to try to ideally help you and I hopefully you guys can experience that throughout the other videos in This channel but in all honesty and full disclaimer the process of making a video can easily become a chore Especially if I have days and weeks that are really busy from ICU to 28 hour calls to 80 hour weeks Last thing I may want to do is sit here come up with idea and make a video for you guys and instead I'd rather prefer to be sleeping in bed But again if I remind myself the enjoyment of making a YouTube video or the enjoyment of this side project It's essentially have a collection of tips that anyone in the future whether it be a month from now or two years from now Could watch and say that helped me out Then I feel like the whole process was worthwhile and so again Even if your side product is something that you're personally working on like improving your fitness or Starting a side price of your own as long as you can look at it from two years down the road and saying that time was worth it Then ideally try to make that process as simple as fun as possible So then you can do it as much as possible But that guy is is how I balance my time as a full-time doctor as well as a YouTube content creator Hopefully you can use some of these tips and strategies to help you on whatever side project or things that you want to do Outside of medicine for yourself and if you have more questions on how I balance it to or specifically to me being a full-time Physician add your comments down below I love interacting and answering your questions to make sure you add those comments below if you did enjoy this video again I really asked for two things really one If you found any of these tips helpful try to apply them to your day-to-day and tell me down below in the comments How it helped you and number two if you did enjoy this video if you enjoy the content on this channel Go ahead that like button because it truly does help the videos get in front of more people that have never experienced Empty journey or any of the tips that we like to give on this channel So my only humble request is is that if you hit the like button do it one more time do it a third time just in case it didn't work and if you haven't for some reason join the community hit that subscribe button get more videos like this on a Weekly basis, but with that being said guys. Thank you so much for watching this video Thank you so much for being a part of my journey Hopefully I was just a little help to you guys on yours And if you enjoyed this video then check out this video and how you can use on key to study like a pro on your medical Journey, but with that being said guys. Thanks for watching this video. See you guys next one. Peace It's that means that even if it's that means that even if your side hobby is underbasket water That means that even if your side hobby is underbasket water