Alex, did any of the fellowship mentors change your mind about maybe how you thought you would be practicing in five or 10 years?

It's a good question.

Yeah, I think I, you know, in the throes of the first couple of years of practice, I think I've struggled to have that long term vision.

But I think it's helped me to maybe shape my idea of what that next five to 10 years should look like or what I'd like it to look like.

So while I can't tell you, I had a great idea of where I thought I would be in five to 10 years.

I now certainly have a target in mind because I've been able to see what these surgeons have been able to do.

And I've been able to just get super close and honest insight into the reality of what it takes to build a practice, which are just the things you don't learn when you're in training, or at least that I wasn't as focused on learning.

What would you tell yourself on the first day of this trip, apart from just be calm and everything will work itself out? If you could go back and do it right now, what would you tell yourself on the first day of this trip?