A Month Of Mondays

It’s been just over a year since I cut out my Monday clinic, and started keeping track of what I did with that extra day out of the office.

Not counting hospital weeks (when I didn’t get anything close to a day off), vacations (when I was going to be out of the office anyway), and national holidays falling on a Monday, I ended up with 31 Mondays that were extra days “off.”

I had high hopes of practicing the retired life on these days, and using that time to pursue projects or activities I usually can’t pursue on a week day.

Looking back at my reports on those 31 Mondays, what did I actually end up doing?

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Fitness Log #401, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 7 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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The Golden Carrot

You may have noticed I haven’t been posting much beyond my Fitness Logs recently.

This is mainly because I have been working in the hospital. A lot.

Hospital weeks are always intense, with plenty of sick patients, the need to supervise residents and teach medical students. There’s also the whole no-days-off thing.

So you may imagine that I wasn’t particularly thrilled to be pulled in for emergency coverage soon after finishing my own scheduled stint in the hospital.

I was already sleep-deprived. The house was a mess after my last hospital rotation. I had a full schedule of clinic patients who needed to be rescheduled.

What kept me going throughout that week was an email from my boss, reminding me that I would get a bonus for this extra work.

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Fitness Log #400, Friday Firsts, Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 7 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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Fitness Log #399, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 7 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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Fitness Log #398, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 7 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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Fitness Log #397, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 7 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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A Little Trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

I’ve started to think that if I enjoy reading about other peoples’ travels, and looking at their photos, maybe (maybe) someone would like to look at some photos from my travels.

These were taken on a long day going through Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in Wyoming this June.

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Fitness Log #396, Friday Firsts, Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 7 years, and plan to continue doing so.

Since the pandemic started, I have been keeping track of “firsts,” and more lately, I have been trying to note good things (“fabulousness”). It’s a good way to pay attention and not let life slide by.

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