The first post. On the first page of my first blog. So far with zero readers, until you.
Already we have lots of numbers!
As a primary care physician, I see numbers all the time: vitals, labs, ages, costs. Report cards on panel size, metrics met, satisfaction scored.
As someone interested in personal finance, I read about savings rates, investment returns, safe withdrawal rates, financial independence and “the Number.” As someone interested in travel, I hear about frequent flyer miles, airfares, countries traveled. As a woman in the USA who consumes mass media, I think about clothing sizes, calories to cut (or eat), steps logged, items to buy, items to purge.
As a woman, I have seen fewer writers like me blogging about these subjects, but that is changing.
I hope to write about numbers, lots of numbers, but also to include some of the stories that go with them: how do real people make these numbers work, what do we do when they don’t work so neatly.
For now, I plan to remain anonymous, keeping in mind that sometimes things change. I’d like to keep things civil and professional here; somehow that always seems like a good policy.
So, let us voyage into this blogging adventure together, my #1 reader….