We Didn't Plan This – The Podcast for People Who Ditched Their Five-Year Plan

Singaporean Doctors by Day, Side Questers by Night: Did We Let Singapore's Education System Plan Our Lives?

Welcome to the first episode of We Didn't Plan This — a podcast for people who ditched their five-year plan. We really didn't plan this. It started with a lunch conversation a few months ago, and somehow became a full-fledged podcast. In our first episode, we (Faith and Isaac) share our backstories. Faith, a locum GP juggling a blog, side quests, and too many creative projects, and Isaac, a house officer who took the scenic route through law school before landing in medicine, while running an education consulting business as his side gig. We talk about how we both ended up in healthcare, what it felt like to follow a script we never consciously chose, and why it's worth asking whether you actually wanted the path you're on. Topics covered: - Our career and personal journeys - Law school to medicine - The blog that started it all - Singapore's meritocracy and education system - Side hustles, bonds, and balance - What it means to not just be defined by your job ⏳Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:38 — Our backstories: 2 very different routes into Medicine 7:34 — How we met + navigating professional vs personal identities 14:46 — What shaped our career choices + schooling years 21:10 — The pivot: what made us change course 30:49 — How we juggle work and our side quests