Sick and tired of being sick and tired.
530 days since lockdown, and the world is in as much disarray as when it all started. I’m pretty sure you and I are suffering from the ONE-NINE fatigue. Code for the covid.
It’s mind boggling to think at the beginning nobody wanted to wear masks and play the longest game of hide and seek with their grandparents.
Certainly a greater appreciation of priorities in life came about. I appreciated the extra time to meditate and not think about all the sore spots that my new dentures are causing in my bone depraved patients.
During the last few years, I’ve found happiness detaching myself from the dentistry I was doing. Not to confuse that with being proud of my work. I certainly am. Both the good stuff and the ‘I wish I could have a second chance at that’ work.
Priorities changed from ‘WORK is everything’ back to a more balanced ‘LIFE is everything’. Living to work doesn’t make much sense when at any moment your life is threatened by a tiny spike protein.
I think what’s lost in this hyperpolarized social media drugged society is that all of us are mortals. We were mortally wounded as soon as we were conceived. Denial that the conscience as we know it comes to an end is a difficulty not many will accept.
Every life is precious, but living to die certainly isn’t an enjoyable way to wither away like my drought stressed lawn. Life is truly beautiful. Like staring into a C1 shaded opalescent veneer.
It may be hard to ignore the stresses that currently nag at all of us. The shortage of workers, the inability of our labs to meet expectations or just the nutty patient blaming us for their years of neglect.
Most of these stresses in our life, we realize, we can’t control. Look around, everyone has a for hire sign out, and nobody is applying. Your dental lab is human run, inconsistent work is the most consistent expectation. And nutty patients, yea, I know a great dentist down the street that does better work (I promise you I didn’t send you the last nut job, I’m pretty sure that’s how I keep getting them).
Don’t let your chin down, it closes your airway. Instead, learn about sleep devices or get excited about waking up. You got a whole day ahead of you that may be full of surprises. You’re a miracle worker in a lot of people’s eyes. That’s nothing to shy away from my thriving friend!
Lam