3 years ago I was deeply unhappy in life. ⁣⁣Whilst I did enjoy dentistry…⁣⁣Things weren’t going particularly well at the practice I was in.

⁣⁣I’m not one to point fingers, everything in life is a two way street. We have to acknowledge that in any scenario. ⁣⁣It’s the outcome of any situation that is one of the most important parts.⁣, and the fact is I was dissatisfied with life in general. I just accepted it as if it was ok ⁣⁣(not how life should be for an extended period)

⁣⁣What hurt the most at the time was I really didn’t feel there was any alternative and that I had to stay and make it work. ⁣⁣I reflect on this now and see how it was really my brain telling me to stay in my comfort zone. ⁣⁣It was keeping me content in my discontent. ⁣⁣A series of life events including a knee op pushed me to take action.

⁣⁣I foolishly returned to work prematurely after this operation because I thought my knee would be ok (over optimism). ⁣⁣Every day I was returning to work my knee was swelling up and becoming more and more painful. ⁣⁣I knew long term joint issues would arise if I continued. ⁣⁣It pushed me to do something about the situation that I should’ve done a long time ago... and probably never would have done otherwise.⁣⁣

I took some time out of dentistry to recover mentally and physically.⁣⁣ I had no idea if I'd really messed my knee up long term… or what the future held career wise. ⁣⁣I had to wait until things got really bad before I did SOMETHING ⁣⁣(please don’t be like me)

⁣⁣Safe to say it was a massive low point. ⁣⁣Because I’d spent many years before that obsessing over crypto and finance books (alongside books on teeth as well) – I always thought it would be cool to start a community around this. ⁣⁣Dentistry was the community that had given me so much – who better to speak to than the profession I owed a lot to. ⁣⁣I had some time on my hands so I guess now was the moment. ⁣⁣It was definitely a huge personal growth thing to post my first video on social media – I still remember my finger hovering over the “post” button before making myself do it haha.

⁣⁣After that some other people joined the group as well and it grew – with time it became something much bigger than me, and that’s really cool. ⁣⁣I found a way to express all the stuff I believe in all day every day. ⁣⁣The things that massively helped me and I believed would help others too.

⁣⁣The best part is that hopefully Dentists Who Invest will be here in some form long after I’m gone too.⁣⁣ I look back on the tough shit and now feel genuinely grateful – it pushed me to take action and some awesome stuff would have never happened otherwise.⁣⁣

I wanted to share this because I know some reading have felt/may be feeling similar. ⁣⁣Just know you aren’t alone – there are people out there who have likely went through what you’re going through. ⁣⁣They are the people that can guide and help. ⁣⁣Taking action and doing something seems scary can actually be something amazing and great.⁣⁣*

The only thing that’s certain in life is that if we don’t change anything then everything stays the same.

A saying that I love. ⁣⁣My wisdom would be not to let it get it get really bad first (like me) – it’s just delaying the inevitable and prolonging unhappiness.

⁣⁣There are limitless opportunities on this earth. Sometimes we just have to open some doors to see what we will find. ⁣⁣If you open enough doors then one day you’ll find the thing that lights you up on the other side.

⁣⁣Then we can all get back to what’s really important which is being happy.⁣