Does attendinghood feel easier than residency?

This is something many of the attendings at my program say. Seeing 16-19 patients in clinic and it feels like every one has a least a few comorbidities I need to address in the visit plus their acute concerns, follow up in 1-3 months and repeat to address the other problems. Not even mentioning the social barriers. I’m at a point where I don’t need to think so hard or look up treatment algorithms for every other problem that comes in but I’m still leaving clinic mentally exhausted every day.

My attendings all say when they were in private practice their entire schedule is 1-2 problem visits and most adults have regular insurance and don’t have the same social issues or “do-it-all-for-me-doc” attitude. But even in med school my FM rotation felt like residency clinic.

Do you feel like being an attending day to day is a lot easier than residency? Would be curious for anyone who works as a hospitalist the answer the same.