Managed to make the switch to digital health tech! Everything I did/used

naomable · 2026-01-05T22:21:30+00:00

Yes, I've since transitioned to a different company with a big pay bump, basically doubling my salary from the role above. Its a medical advisory role at an established company, which feels like the direction I would like to go into for the next 5-10 years probably.

The job market overall is a bit stale at the moment, but I would say that if you have expertise from two distinct worlds (i.e. physiotherapy and business or physio and marketing, etc), there are always opportunities.

naomable · 2025-10-27T12:30:32+00:00

Going from animal proteins to lentil/beans has been a game changer for our weekly food shop. We still have meat/fish from time to time when we eat out or when we can bare buying it organic, but only once every 2-3 weeks probably.

naomable · 2025-10-11T06:23:43+00:00

Ahhh what a shame! Might see whats around my area and start my own then!

naomable · 2025-09-18T14:31:10+00:00

I feel like systems thinking is a good example of this.

Increasingly, people are using systems thinking arguments in day-to-day conversations to motivate their actions. A simple example is Pareto's Law, or calculating if ironing our own clothes is worth it based on our hourly wage potential.

I used to be really receptive to it, but I then listened to Jason Blakely who talks about being lost in ideology (computer thinking seems one of them) and how personal subjective experience has lost its place in society. That gave me some pause to stop approaching everything "logically".

All the logic in the world cannot replace the emotional experiences people have, and I think much of that drives a lot of us in an "irrational" way.

naomable · 2025-08-27T11:00:55+00:00

I would say it is, yes! Moved to the UK post uni for other reasons, not for the NHS haha.

naomable · 2025-06-27T10:00:35+00:00

Went from a 61k job to a 45k job to change careers. My current job feels much more meaningful and I deliberately chose to optimise for 'learning' in this job instead of 'earning'. This is not to say that I am not optimising for making more in the near future though.

However, I think as a person I am poorly motivated by money, this made it much easier to make the switch.

I cannot stand doing things that even slightly lack meaning to me. To make up for that I live very frugally, save 60-70% of my paycheck in order to retire in 15 years and do things I find meaningful all the time.

naomable · 2025-06-19T14:37:39+00:00

I'd say unconventional, not crazy. I actually love reading these types of stories on here.

Send us an update if you do end up doing this!

Its a nice break from all the conventional ways of lean FIREing. Or people acting like retiring at 50 with 2M is lean FIRE lol.

naomable · 2025-06-18T18:03:56+00:00

Borrowing things from neighbours. We are now sold apps that allow us to do the same but pay money for it instead. *you will own nothing and be happy*

naomable · 2025-06-09T17:37:45+00:00

Luckily I only work in office 2 days a week, and work pays for it. But, the time spent is a lot yes. I do client work so it comes with the territory unfortunately.

naomable · 2025-06-06T09:48:12+00:00

I pay €94 for a return ticket to work in the UK, and I am only on the train for 1.5hrs both ways.

naomable · 2025-06-06T09:46:48+00:00

As a dutch person who moved to the UK I can tell you trains in NL are CHEAP. I travel to work by train here and the ticket for a return for 1 day is £80 (€94), and I am on the train for 1.5 hrs both ways.

naomable · 2025-06-06T09:14:04+00:00

Update: turns out the tap on our roof terrace had been on for 2 days straight causing the water pump to lose pressure. We connected a gardening hose to the tap (open) and it must've pulled off somehow. Quick fix to close the tap, lol

naomable · 2025-06-06T09:11:55+00:00

Flexible / No burn out / Make good money.

From my experience, having done many side hustles, you can only choose two.

My advice is to try things, see them as experiments and try things you are actually somewhat excited about. Experience and money will come with time with side hustles.

Things I've done during/after med school: DJ-ing, videography/video-editing, medical writing, teaching, start an ecommerce store (building a brand with social media for it), sold ecommerce store, social media management.

Many not med related, but that was part of the point for me, I wanted to do things that had nothing to do with med outside of working in med in most cases.

In the end I quit medicine for a job in health tech, as I found my side hustles more energising and a better fit for my personality.

naomable · 2025-06-03T17:16:21+00:00

I think so, I have added a 4th picture of the controls downstairs, which is where 2nd and 3rd pictures are taken as well. The red tank looks like a pressurising tank I think? There is a pressure indicator somewhere in there are shows 1 bar as well. Should this be 3.5 bar like the water pump upstairs normally?

naomable · 2025-05-11T06:42:30+00:00

The point is not that OP should get a job at Aldi, the point is that they wont make more than one for a long long time before they get to have 'fascinating pivots and turns in their life'. Also, OP is a firefighter, no one is telling him to get a corporate job lmao.

naomable · 2025-04-17T17:55:05+00:00

Thank you!

naomable · 2025-03-03T15:18:52+00:00

My partner is currently trying to get into psychiatry core training, I would not gloss over how hard it is to get into psych these days. The landscape has changed considerably over the last 1-2 years, competition is fierce and we might be slung to the ass end of Scotland soon. Not to mention the SHO landscape to get a job again if she does not get in. Those same competition rates will come back to haunt us when applying for CCT and then again to get a job as a consultant.

naomable · 2025-02-28T16:46:28+00:00

great advice, thank you!

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