The Part-Time Paradox: Protecting the Time You Do Have

You cut your hours to protect your time, and that protected time can become the most raided time in your week. Dr Jo Braid shares what a real, full Monday looks like (home visit, clinical letters, her own coaching session, a board meeting) and why chosen switching feels like a rhythm while imposed switching feels like being pecked at. IN THIS EPISODE: • Why so many clinicians go part-time, and where the inbox goes on their days off • Why a "quick" email costs more than it looks, and why the enemy is the open loop, not the switch • The rituals you already own for moving between roles: the drive, the school gate, the change of clothes THE RESEARCH: Shanafelt et al., Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2016: emotional exhaustion and cutting hours (correlation, not causation) Micek et al., JAMA Network Open, 2023: part-time physicians and inbox time (US, one health service) TRY THIS: THE PROTECTED DAY CHARTER • Name the zone and its edge: this zone is for ___ and ends when ___. • Close the loop: one minute on where you left off and what's next. • Guard the threshold: decide what earns an interruption and who covers the rest. • REFLECT Which of your zones has a clear edge, and which one bleeds into the next? • Is your self-care inside your day, or squeezed in around it? THIS WEEK • Name your zones. • Pick one blurry edge and give it a marker: a one-minute note, a walk, a timer. CONNECT: Instagram/Facebook: @burnoutrecoverydr LinkedIn: drjobraid The Sunday Long Game (weekly newsletter): drjobraid.com/subscribe  Boundary Scripts for Clinicians: drjobraid.com/store Be human first, everything else will follow. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.