Meet The Team - Navigating three different versions of the same maze simultaneously.
Luke - The Sensory Ambassador
I use the Wall Follow Method. Not a Doctor, Not a Scientist, Not a Hypochondriac - but I am itchy. Part innately attuned and off-key, part conditionally harmonic and discordant — a true autodidact and unapologetic steward of nuance. Like the Little Red Hen I grew the wheat, harvested it, milled it, baked the cake and iced it. Unlike her, my reward is not the cake but the wisdom gained from the understanding I acquired piecing together the recipe. This is my own nourishment, giving me a renewed chance to celebrate (likely not with cake) and live a fuller, less reactive life. I need more less.
Anonymous - The Systems Diplomat
I use the Depth First Search Method. I meta the slippery handshakes, meticulously document the smiling and nodding, verify the facts and rationale their effects. Before the absurdity of the field takes hold, I interpret environmental variables, record timestamps and assay specific medical data. The Heavy Detail. I translate medical patterns, deconstruct bureaucratic inertia and monitor the external phenomena of systems as a foundational record of evidence that cannot be erased. I negotiate the thresholds of reactivity with the polite persistence of a man who comprehends the 'If/Then' loops better than the people who wrote or follow them.
Martin - The Professional Maverick
I use the Wing It Method. I am a deeply reluctant, provisionally certified, chronically over-supervised adept in training. Conditioned extensively by repetition, negative reinforcement and error correction with the implicit understanding that much of it is fruitless. Operating well outside any desired specialty envelope I am routinely exposed to ineffectual low-value testing protocols by circumstance rather than choice. I cherish being in the field and have recently initiated a side hustle. More to come...