get less done the more tired you are the more burnt out you are you actually
become less effective do you ever wish you could be more efficient and more
productive and get just more stuff done in a day today I'm gonna tell you some
life hacks or things that help you make your work-life balance better I've
actually interviewed five amazing urologists to get their life hacks and
these are some of the leaders in our field so they definitely have some great
advice for you make sure you stick around till the end of the video where
I'm gonna give you my life hacks and this is something that I am super
passionate about and super excited about because I have changed a lot of things
in my life so that I'm more efficient so that I can be home and spend time with
my family and be completely 100% present and it has improved my life tremendously
I scheduled personal time and that personal time is usually exercise it's
usually a running date with one of my close friends or a trip to the gym and I
put it on my calendar yeah I think putting on your calendar is so key I've
heard people even scheduled time to have a serious conversation with their
spouses because potentially I don't ever need to do all that you
need to put that help in please make it part of your day-to-day living so for
example I have a good nanny in place full time and that allows me to work and
not worry about the kids having to be picked up think it's having to stay home
sick I'm getting to their activities it's so important to ask for help
meaning help in your life help just have someone come and help you clean your
house and do your laundry and that's critical because when you have time you
don't want to be you want to spend it with your family you don't want to be
spending it doing laundry I think the most important thing is when there's
found time I turn off my email and I do something on my list so my list is
something I keep on my phone a special page that's just the little things I
need to get done and sometimes they're work-related sometimes they're not
sometimes it's something for my kid a school form you know something from
my household when I'm in the office I make it a
priority to get everything done when I'm there and not leave something hanging
over it requires efficiency it requires setting limits on what you
can do when you can't do and staying those limits and I don't bring more home
I'm not sitting there doing work when my family's around and I think that's
really important you know both our family life and for work like that you
do go to vote better when you separate it like that I agree I mean I met from
you and I definitely don't do any notes at home I get everything done before I
leave so what I like there's a site called paprika where I'm able to keep
recipes that we use regularly it creates an ingredient list to have been added by
the groceries and then it can create a menu for ourselves for the week and that
takes away to stress that part you know it's self-imposed deadlines and things
like that but I love it yeah I really enjoy it there's an endorphin rush to
getting things done you know and and that's and when you get into that zone
of like getting okay I got this done I feel so good and that gives you enough
energy I think it's really weird right so I have this I'm the list maker so I
make lists with these little boxes and then I cross them off whenever I'm done
yeah I loved it I'd love to put the X's in there and have a whole page of X's
right that's great all right so here's some of my life hacks I keep a very
detailed schedule so on days where I have some free time like some academic
time or I know I'm gonna have time between cases I actually schedule my day
in 15-minute increments and I stick to it and I'm very realistic about what I
schedule if I'm gonna check emails i schedule half an hour for checking
emails if I'm gonna write a paper I will schedule a full hour for that paper and
after that it will give myself a 15-minute break so I actually have time
to decompress walk away from my computer and that actually makes me more
productive number two I check my emails at certain times of the day so my
secretary knows this and I am very clear that I check my email
around noon and around 4 o'clock during the day unless I'm in the operating room
in which case I have to be a little bit more flexible but I kind of try to stick
to that because when you get an email it incites at least in me and urge to
respond to the email or get it done or take care of it right away which then
distracts me from whatever I'm doing number three this is something I'm
actually working on I'm trying to turn off social media one hour before
bed and really read a book or do something else that helps me wind down
so I get better sleep and I can be more effective and productive the next day so
hopefully you found all this advice today useful if you haven't watched the
other videos of interviewing these five amazing surgeons please do so check out
this playlist over here where I've included all the previous videos where
they talk about why they love what they do why they became a surgeon what they
wish they knew before they became a doctor and more and always remember to
take care of yourself because you're worth it