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In this monologue, Christopher Ellis recounts his experience as a director at Select, where he saw roughly 27 patients per day and worked from 8 am to 8 pm, often sacrificing unpaid lunch breaks and staying late to complete documentation. He describes the unsustainable workload and how it left little room for any additional responsibilities. Ellis then contrasts that period with his current situation after founding his own practice, where he sees about five patients daily, has reclaimed his time and energy, and feels his life is back on track. He concludes that time—specifically the lack of it—is the biggest barrier to providing care or implementing changes in a high‑volume clinical setting.
