01/01/2025
Some of you have reached out to make sure I am OK because I have not posted much in 2024. Yes I am still alive and kicking.
Frankly it has been the busiest year of my life - too exhausted to post. 2024 included working (more than) full-time delivering hundreds of babies, doing gynae surgery, consulting at thousands of appts, doing 5 uni subjects (finishing my grad cert of arboriculture), teaching 6 terms of med students doing O&G (and co-ordinating the programme), tutoring another group of med students every week as part of their Professional Practice development, running my medical practice, supporting my youngest child through year 12 and becoming a grandmother! Not to mention being a wife, mother to 3 other kids, friend, colleague.
NO TIME was spent cooking.
I have also reflected on the purpose of social media, in general and for me personally. It is a toxic space at times and, frankly, I do not wish to invite any negativity into my life. Don’t need it. (Neither do you..) I have looked at other doctors’ pages and, whilst much of their content is informative and fun, there are aspects that I find concerning. Often content is posted by someone else (practice staff) not the doctor themselves.
I have decided I will post more regularly this year-but my goal is to maintain authenticity (everything, as always, is posted by me), avoid negativity (I will block/ delete any negativity that has no constructive purpose. Differences of opinion are fine.), respect privacy and be ethical.
I will post in the form of a regular video/ chat session to cover topics that interest you, as well as some other life/ fun stuff. I have been trying to write a book for about 5 years so I want some time to do that. I want to revive my ‘chat in the garden’ programme.
I will post a poll to find the times that suit you people the best.
I have made some changes in my life to allow me more time. I will still be working the same but better organised. I have pulled back studying (OK, I am still doing 1 subject per semester to complete my masters of bioethics and cert of garden design). My youngest is going interstate to uni, so life will be different.
I hope you will come on the journey with me!