Is it possible for me to be a professional painter, writer and psychiatrist at the same time? Enough time?

Question

Is there enough time to do all of this at the same time and still have a social life and have free time?

Answer 1

If you juggle it well, I don't see why not. I'm an engineer, writer, and painter...and I *sort of* have a social life. No free time though. Well, after I factor in my social time, meals, sleep...yeah.
The upside is, you'd never get bored.

Answer 2

no, there isn't. Not all three at a professional level and at the same time. You can do all three only if you seriously compromise on the quality. It depends how serious you are about each of them.
If you have a full time job as a psychiatrist you should work for more than 40 hours a week as it will include reading a lot to keep up with the field. Both writing and painting require a considerable amount of practice if you want to keep them at a consistently high level. As both are fairly solitary occupation you won't have time for a social life.
You have to figure out your priorities. Actually they usually will figure themselves out by which occupation you drop as your schedule gets crowded.
I've got plenty of experience trying to juggling different "passions" and can tell you that even 2 result in a noticeable compromise if you are serious about each of them. Serious means for me 8-10 hours a day, which makes it easy to do the math...(don't forget you are competing against the 1 job professional in each of the subject).
try doing one at a time consecutively probably would work..

Answer 3

Professional painter: dedicate 1 weekend a month to painting and then once a year take a vacation from everything else to really dive into it for a week or two

Writer: Depending on how you write best, either set aside an hour a night to write or set aside write on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Psychiatrist: (of course you won't get to do any of the above until after you finish school if you haven't already) Depending on how much money you make off of the other two things, you can either work full time Mon-Fri or you can just work 2 or 3 days a week and use the extra days for free time or to do the other things above and free up your weekends for your social life.

i hope that helps!!! Good luck!!!

Answer 4

I would say if the painter and writer part were part time, maybe yes, you could do all that and still have a life of some sort. Isn't social life really free time? Look at it that way and you save time right there.

Answer 5

to be a psychiatrist, which will take up maximum of a at the same time as. to be a professional painter, that tastes up maximum of a at the same time as. and writing can continuously be performed on the area. so that you would might want to settle on between artist or psychiatrist.

Answer 6

You can be whatever you want to be, you can be twenty things if you want. I think what you have to analyze is to what an extent you want to be in any of those things. I'm only a painter and i personally dovote as much time as possible to painting alone often sacrifizing 'free time".I think instead of multi tasking devote yourself to one profession that mostly interests you so you can achieve your fullest potential in that field, and if you have some time left than dedicate yourself to the second.

Answer 7

Yes.

Unless you only have like six months to live or something, in which my answer is still: yes.

You live life to the fullest and if you love painting, writing, psychiatry and your friends and family, you will figure out how to balance them.

Be my friend! You are three things that I have am aspiring to be and can show me all the secrets of the trade. (What is this, this 'patient confidentiality'? Is it a dance in your country? Can you teach me?)

Answer 8

Alpha,
Robin Cook has a similar life. He has written books, been a doctor, gotten board certified in one or two areas, etc. There are others. It seems like they must be hyperactive with a very positive take on it. If you dream it, you can do it. Just keep a good journal. Go for it!

alpha indeed!

Answer 9

Frankly, I think you'd have to give up the social life, free time, marriage, family, eating, sleeping, etc. Sounds like an over-full plate to me...especially the Med School!

Answer 10

You'll be able to make a living as a psychiatrist - why not treat the painting and writing as hobbies? (Chances are that neither will pay nearly as well as psychiatry)

It would be much easier to sustain a work and life balance if you considered painting and writing as part of your life, rather than part of your work.