A medical career offers endless possibilities! Having transitioned from clinical to non-clinical work, Dr Isabella Townshend unravels the diverse creative career paths available in medicine and sheds light on the benefits doing locum work as a doctor. She also recounts the challenges she faced as a junior doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic, including shortages of PPE and rapidly changing guidelines. Lastly, as a mindset coach, Dr Townshend reveals what she considers to be one of the most common “recipe for burnout” among medical students and people in the healthcare industry.