incoming college freshman... should i even consider premed?
my parents always told me to go the medicine route. guess they just instilled that within me and it has always been a no brainer i will do premed in undergrad. but recently as college decisions are coming out, i have been doing a lot of self reflection, and something has been nagging me about this choice.
i.. don't think i have that drive i hear many doctors say they have to save lives. do i like learning about anatomy/diseases/health? yes. would i be willing to take on long hours and possible overnight shifts to take on patients? .... probably not. Definitely not, in fact. the very thought sounds exhausting and unfulfilling. my ideal adult life is having a nice work-life balance. from my experiences seeing how workaholics in my life fared in life, i honestly cannot imagine myself being like that. i don't want work to become my life. it will be a necessity in my life, but will not be my life. and from what i can tell, i don't think doctors really have that lifestyle.
maybe i'm just overthinking this. but my answers i had to those questions i asked myself is really nagging me. at the same time, idk what i should study in college then. i still like the health field and still kind of wish to continue study smth medicine/health related but i rly don't want the tremendous lifelong time commitment/responsibility that comes with taking the role as a physician. nurses also seem to have rough schedules too ://