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I’m Ryan Fightmaster, MD. I graduated from medical school, completed residency, and earned my board certification in psychiatry, while never wanting to be a doctor. Why? Because being a doctor was easier than being myself. In the fall of 2022, I left medicine (including my $400K/year job while owing $200K in student loans) to find fulfillment in writing, restoring old furniture, and surfing. Expect a new essay to release every Thursday afternoon. Join my newsletter (https://fightmastermd.com ...
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There are some things, once compromised, that the health food store's promises can't even keep alive. _________________ Now available on Kindle, you can purchase my first book 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine. For all the support since its launch, I cannot thank everyone enough. Let's keep on livin' a life we love.…
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Snoozing is harmless. Everyone snoozes, I thought to myself, when I chose to snooze today. After all, it's only nine minutes. But nine minutes matters. Ask my throbbing ankle. ------------ My first book, 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine, just published on Amazon. If you’d like a copy of the e-book, here’s a link to purchase.…
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I don't always know why I'm doing things. If it feels right, I try to trust the process. But on Monday, after an episode of inverse déjà vu, I knew precisely why I did what I'd done: 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. ( I recently published my new book 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine. If you’d like to a copy, here’s a link to purchase the e-book.)…
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People ask my wife and I why we moved to Asheville. Often, we haven’t had an explanation other than it felt right. Often, I've thought we’re kinda crazy. But last night, I felt a little less crazy and a little more alive, knowing that there in a shed while picking up furniture I couldn't wait to get to work on, my mountain biking stoke had survived…
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Don’t worry about me, I have no strip clubbing to purge from my system, no “legs and eggs” brunches calling my name; but I do own another desire, one I neglected a decade ago, that I reckon with now as I start a different career. Until December 31st, I’m sending free copies of my book to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. You can join my commun…
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Seriously, you’re trying to make $50 off a coffee table? You have $200,000 in student loans! Wake the hell up! This isn’t going anywhere! For a limited time, I’m sending free copies of my first book to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. You can join my community here, and get your book today.De către Fightmaster MD
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I don’t fashion myself a singer. But for this one night, last Wednesday night, I had to sing. Why? I have no idea, but I was compelled by something within that had to know. For a limited time, I’m sending free copies of my first book to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. You can join my community here, and get your book today.…
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It’s an interesting season of life, this one. And often, I ask myself this question. Some days, I can bear myself with grace. Other days, I crucify myself for not being good enough, wondering if I should pull the pin and get back to something I’m better at. How I live out this question, in this season, will determine if I can the avoid the familiar…
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Just this week, trekking on, I look down and see my boots are dry. No more cypresses, only pines, and trails fork in all directions. And all I see is meaningful work, swamped no more. This week I published my first book. For a limited time, I’m giving away free copies to anyone who signs up for my newsletter, here.…
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Life won't let you see what you're not ready to understand, until you can bear it. And this week, life gave me one of those views when I needed it most. This week I published my first book. For a limited time, I'm giving away free copies to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. Join here, and I'll email you a copy.…
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I recently devoured The House of God. What a book, outlining the fictional intern year of Dr. Roy G. Basch, which makes one think about the empty promises of medicine. It makes one wonder if it was worth it. ----more---- From a life I was not, I learned who I was and learned 32 lessons I’ll never forget. Get my free e-book outlining each lesson, HE…
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Third year of medical school, on internal medicine, in October, I peered from a window and knew I was no longer a part of things. I wanted fall to be over, so I could find some future salvation where I’d once again know the seasons. By being 𝘪𝘯 the season. This week, I tell of my life now, through another window, back in the middle of fall, wanting…
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But there, sipping my coffee as I watched the still early morning saltwater, I realized every single second was meaningful. Orange County was never dead. I was never dead. If anything, the place brought me back to life. From eight years of inauthenticity, I learned 32 lessons I’ll never forget. Get the whole list today by joining my weekly newslett…
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I expected victory—sure, we’re the University of Oklahoma—but existential questions I did not expect. Then, I watched this epiphanizing play. Link to the full article ----more---- From eight years of inauthenticity, I learned 32 lessons I’ll never forget. Get the whole list today by joining my weekly newsletter, HERE.…
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But it takes time to take the medicine out of the man. Joy wasn't found in leaving. Joy wasn't found a year after leaving. Joy was found in choosing. If we let past conditioning own our lives, it'll never let go. But this week, a window opened, and I chose my way out. ... From eight years of inauthenticity, I learned 32 lessons I’ll never forget. G…
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“You can always leave,” Bryce said, piercing eyes shifting from players to me, “because man, life’s too short to get stuck doing shit you hate.” ... From eight years of inauthenticity, I learned 32 lessons I'll never forget. Get the whole list today by joining my weekly newsletter, here.De către Fightmaster MD
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I once owned a good-looking home, constructed with attention and dedication, but the foundation was questionable, and it sunk right into the hole from which it came. Join my weekly newsletter and receive my list of "32 Truths Earned on the Path to Wholeness" (https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter/)De către Fightmaster MD
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To be tempted by the “best of both worlds” makes us human. To give it up makes us who we are. Working part-time, in the chillest job of all-time, finally spelled my exit from medicine (and sparked my deliverance). Sign up for my weekly newsletter for perspective on owning a life you love (Https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter/)…
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Good morning Dr. Fightmaster. My name is XXXXX, the provider recruiter for Napa County. I wanted to connect to see if you’d be interested in a position. Please give me a call/text back to discuss. One week ago, I reflexively snoozed my alarm but before my pillow fused back to my head, this message snared me. I opened the text and scanned with inter…
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When I went to medical school, it’s not that I’d chosen death; I’d chosen nothing. I thought I could ride the fence and have it all: acceptance, accomplishment, and happiness. Only, I failed to understand that the absence of choice is still choice. Because the clock ain’t stopping. At the end of residency, I knew it was true and hoped to never forg…
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In the process of becoming a therapist, treating depression and anxiety, and learning how to manage psychosis, that would have to iron out my shit. 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? ---- Join my newsletter (https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter) and get my FREE '32 Truths Earned on the Road to Wholeness after Medicine'. ABOUT RYAN FIGHTMASTER MD: I'm a board-certified psychia…
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Can’t find the exact quote but Matthew McConaughey wrote something in Greenlights along these lines: you can only leave a place once you’ve known you can live there forever. I’ll fess up, not sure I got that far with California, but I got close. Receive my '32 Truths Earned on the Road to Wholeness' today when you join my newsletter (https://fightm…
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I adopted a vegan diet in the spring of 2013. I was twenty-four years old and needed it, for many reasons. It was a five-year, cherished season that defined my identity, until it stood between me and myself—all told, me and life after medicine. If you’re already poking fun at the gravity in my tone and readying your vegan jokes, get your popcorn re…
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As I stared out across a medicine career, I saw the same scenery; a never-ending gauntlet of patient care, charting, and billing, without change, which for me, was not what I wanted. Something was clear: this treadmill will run forever and only stop, if I get off. I am the only person who can stop it. Join my newsletter (https://fightmastermd.com/n…
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Knowing I never wanted to be a doctor—eight years of evidence in the rearview—I must have wanted something, instead. It’s Newtonian; every action creates an equal and opposition reaction. Something pressed against medicine... what was it? Join my newsletter (https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter) and get my FREE '32 Truths Earned on the Road to Whol…
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One year ago today, I began. It wasn’t this website, but it was something, anything. I had to do something. Tired of the charade and sick of waiting, life or death hinged on March 20th, 2022’s actions. Dramatic? Certainly. Necessary? Beyond. Join my newsletter (https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter) and get my FREE 'Fractured to Whole: 32 Truths I'v…
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Life was war these last eight years. Acceptance to medical school, grinding through exams, and graduating from residency were all proxy conflicts; the true battle pitted me against fear. The territory in question was wholeness. When I resigned from medicine, I figured the war would be over, that fear would surrender and providence would be mine. Ho…
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My life during medical school and residency paralleled Santa Barbara’s 2023 forecast; I expected rain, got used to rain, and if it weren’t for a previous season, I may have accepted an overcast fate. Join my newsletter (https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter) and get my FREE 'Fractured to Whole: 32 Truths I've Come to Know'. ABOUT RYAN FIGHTMASTER: I…
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Can’t say I gamble much though, I prescribe to the don’t gamble anything you can’t afford to lose mantra. I’ve dabbled at tables and slots, but I’m too left-brained to ignore the odds. I love sports too much to bet on it, seems a sac religious act. Still, gambling is a story I get—stakes and pots, calls and folds, all-in’s and gone busts—because on…
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I made it 28 years before my first depression. It was a good run. Darkness descended spring semester of my third year of medical school, the hardest year by my count. Timing-wise, it was paradoxical. I had just aced our first board exam (Step 1)—scoring in the 90th percentile—meaning I had a chance at landing a residency coast to coast. My grades w…
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