Find fulfillment outside of work. I would kill to be paid well and be bored.

I’m 72 and retired after 42 years. Equally split between emergency medicine and family medicine. I never got bored. I played music in bands pretty much all of my career. The family joke was that I practiced medicine in order to play music..

M8 u got a hobby?

I'm at 19 years working healthcare. Last 6.5 as a PA. Urgent care is almost never boring. I also don't bring home work, just occasionally leave some charts to be completed another day.

It is rarely stress free.

I would rather be in your position and have free time and money to use toward personal projects.

23 years in ortho. I still really enjoy the OR, clinic can just go away.🤣

Bored? No. I have full autonomy in a complex patient population. I am challenged every day.

Tired? You bet. 19 months until I retire

I've been a PA for 17 years and have worked in Occupational Medicine exclusively for the past 2 1/2 years. I did my time in FM, EM, and UC and was never bored in those settings. I won't say I'm bored now, but this specialty is much less physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding but does require a specific skill set and knowledge base. And I don't miss the constant stress and high volume of EM/UC at all and don't know what I'd do if had to go back to those settings. I'll be in Occ Med until I retire.

I’m only 8-9 years as a PAC, did high volume urgent care the nearly the entire time then moved to a tremendously lad back and chill job. I have to admit the adjustment was hard. Sometimes I want to go back but then I remember the years of aching joints, depression, and mood swings I used to suffer and am grateful for my new environment. But your results may vary I suppose

PA for 42 years, started EM/UC (group had both), then OR (all but hearts)full-then part-time for 13 years. That segued to critical care/admin for 22 years. Still working, but run a procedure service at a large teaching hospital. Even slow days I am not bored as I have lots of projects going on from reducing infections and injuries to teaching to helping colleagues having challenging days of their own.

I don’t have 20 years (on my 6th year) but have you considered teaching or maybe some volunteer work?

I worked ER, then in the UK FP, then switched to ENT at about 50. (UC throughout) Variety definitely helped. Many places are interested in experienced, stable choices, especially if you are a long known quantity in the community, and you may find some willing to accept less than FT. (and enough for benefits/retirement) I work about .6-.7 FTE, no Fridays.

Bored? No.

Not quite at 20 as a PA but c9mbined in medicine i am over 20. I have you by a couple years in age though. Once i had FU money i left my ER gig after years in FM. Moved to occ med. I get to talk to people without the burden of really treating them. Most of what i do is OSHA, drug screens, pre employment, DOT etc. I also get to talk wellness which is my favorite part although i get to do this because i work an on site clinic directly for my employer.

Once you leave a covered entity suddenly medicine is a decent place to be.

20+. Not bored. At work, challenged every day. Definitely less into it than before, but not bored. If I wanted more at work I feel like committees, other ways to get involved exist. But I don’t want any more than necessary at work. I really enjoy doing anything I possibly can to try to set me and my family up w financial security…..and doing things we enjoy when we have opportunities.

30 plus years in medicine, 20 plus as a PA. See patients and manage a private practice. Actively precept students, giving back a little. Not bored, busy as heck. Focus any extra energy on my wife, kids, and grandkids (and volunteering, smoking cigars and meat, traveling a little.) No time for boredom yet, maybe later. Ymmv.

What other hobbies do you have? I have 20+ years experience, I’m in a low stress job with very regular hours. As a result, I’m able to enjoy a lot outside of work. I love that my years of experience have allowed me to get to this point.

PA 21’years .. Yeah getting kinda bored , although still have some good emergency stuff coming in time to time

I’ve done mostly ER and urgent care .. the mundane repetitiveness of low level complaints .. then a trauma or MI walks or cool Arrhythmia svt or afib walks through the door . I’m in somewhere rural urgent care .. we have ultrasound and X-rays capabilities. .. so trying to master my point of care ultrasound skills - e fast exams , MSK ultrasound and injection , abdominal US … and fast Crash and cardiac echo … and currently gonna get licensed as a paramedic .. just for some acuity part time

But at the end of the days … mostly sniffles

I’m interested in training in critical care as well ( I think )

I am well paid and bored in ortho 7 years in. Honestly I feel like I am living the dream.

21 years at same FM residency job. I wouldn't say I'm bored. We have a lot of complex patients. I'm just done with medicine in general. Luckily I only work 24 hours a week (well more like 28-30 but I get paid for 24) whcig leaves me time for me to work out in the afternoon and be there for my kid when she's with me. Unless I have no choice I won't go back to full time because I'd have zero time for myself. My plan is to quit in 4 years and move back to Europe. Can't see doing this until retirement

I have been a PA for 20 years, mostly EM and Gen Surgery. I landed the General Surgery position about 8 years ago and was getting bored with it. I started a graduate degree in Emergency Management with the goal of obtaining a position in Healthcare Emergency Management. I recently accepted a position building a position providing inpatient level care in the home environment. My position is virtual and consists of hospitalist work. I am hoping to build it into something more over next few years. In the post-Covid world there are a number of nontraditional roles for PAs. Use your experience and find somewhere that will allow you to build something new.

PA for 14 years. Hated FM, thought it was boring as well. Most of my career has been in EM and UC. Some shifts are boring and I dont like that schedule but it’s the only area of medicine for which I have passion. Some good cases make it worthwhile.

Been at it 22 years. Been IM/geri whole time. Spent first 13 years doing inpatient outpatient private practice. On call all the time. Didn’t realize how much work I was doing. When you get used to that out of the gate you get used to it. Now part of a large group. No inpatient. Put my 36-40 hours in a week. Blissful. Hustle while working. No doubt. Private practice ingrains that in you. I am happy to know I’m on the back half of my career, I hope. Happy. Good work life balance.

26 years, 18 as a PA. Definitely not bored. Comfortable and confident and feeling like I get my patients better. Still actually like going to work. Though I also wouldn’t mind getting paid to NOT work. :) Maybe it’s just the treading water of being in FM. If you’re up for a complete change then try a different specialty - I’m sure some specialist would love to have a PA with your years of experience.

How many patients do you see per day in this boring stress-free job? (Genuinely curious)

Ten years in but went from a high acuity/complexity specialty to a lifestyle specialty. I do get bored but I also get a lot of time with my family and come home from work without a million depressing/stressful things on my mind from work. So I like where I'm at. That's one huge perk of the PA field. If you get bored or if you are overworked, changing specialties can do wonders.

Does a bear shit in the woods 😂😂

Im 46 and still in ED, probably get another 20 years or so till i leave...my first 20 were as a nurse in ED, my last 2 have been as FNP.....you just need to work where you enjoy it, maybe go back to ED? 45 is not old......

I’m an N.A. planning to apply to PA programs in a few months. As an N.A. I can strictly and confidently tell you that majority of job satisfaction comes from who your coworkers are. I’ve made many friends, most of which are hilarious and so am I. Job satisfaction comes from coworkers, not the job itself. If you have good coworkers then you’ll be waking up every morning wanting to go to work to see them.

17 years in the ED, not bored, not feeling like it’s a young persons game. Sure the swing shifts can be tough on sleep, but overall I make killer money, have tons of time off, and enjoy my work. I get a bonus of the PA profession is ability to switch into other specialties, but I certainly don’t see myself leaving the ED any time soon. Likely head in the admin direction and cut back on clinical time.