A Turbulent Final Week of Term & Learning to Execute!
Hey everyone,
I hope you are all well and have had a great week! Chances are this may be the last week of university for you before the Easter holidays start, that’s the case for me at the moment.
🦷 Dental Diary
This week on clinics I had a patient cancel yet again, so I went to see other patients who have come in for general care planning, which was great because I got some extra practice diagnosing and treatment planning, which can only be a benefit.
With that being said though, I had the opposite experience in Paediatrics at Denmark Hill, where I finally had the chance to see a patient. I was lucky enough to see a young 7-year-old boy, to place a fissure sealant, and it was such a rewarding experience. I feel like my years of working as an 11+ tutor helped me communicate with the child, and I generally really enjoyed speaking with and treating them, and all the challenges that came with it. I had to be very mindful of the words I used when talking to the parent and my clinical partner and explain to them what we were doing and why. I realised this past week that I genuinely enjoy seeing and treating paediatric patients, and I can’t wait to gain more experience there.
🧠 Insight of the Week
My insight for this week is a reflection about how I can become better, when it comes to many different facets of my life: work, fitness, family, friendships, etc. After some reflection, I realised that one of the bottlenecks in my life right now is my inability to execute the things I plan.
When it comes to planning, I am about as meticulous as you can get. The only downside to that is that I often find that I am stuck in this planning mode and I am not able to execute and carry out everything I set out to do.
Here is what I found has helped me:
When I plan, I try not to spend ages doing so, but the most important thing is to be very specific with the plan; that way, when I come to execute, there is no confusion, no mental debate, no hesitation about what needs to get done.
The next idea is to set up my environment in such a way that makes me want to execute and makes executing a lot easier. For example, when studying, I like having a drink or snack with me, as well as things like background music, a timer, etc. If having these things will allow me to execute, then that should be prioritised.
Maybe you don’t relate to this and you have no trouble taking action on the tasks you plan to do, but if you are anything like me, you too might be affected by analysis paralysis and sometimes find that your current constraint is simply your ability to just do the things you said you were going to do, so I hope this helps!
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Omar Tabaqchali :)