A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
I’m still thinking about what my spending numbers for 2021 mean, so instead of publishing a half-baked post, I thought I would rather highlight some great posts by others. Many on financial topics, many not.
I plan to be back next week with my thoughts on 2021 and the money that left the PiN household.
Continue reading “Monday Melange, January 2022”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #171 And Friday Firsts”Every year, around January 1, I do two exercises related to my finances: calculate my net worth, and review the prior year’s spending. I have been doing this for years–long before I met Mr. PiN–so I talk about my finances, though it has really been our finances for some time.
While it is certainly pleasant to see totals moving in the right direction, I find the most helpful aspect of the exercise is to reflect on where we are as a household, and consider next steps (not resolutions!).
This year, going through the finances is taking a bit longer than usual. I finished the net worth calculation early, but the spending review is taking much longer.
Instead of going through both topics at once, I will be splitting them up: this week, the net worth discussion; soon (hopefully next week) a review of our spending in 2021.
I won’t be giving exact numbers, per Mr. PiN’s request, but I hope that going through this exercise with me may be informative for you.
Continue reading “The Yearly Financial Check Up”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #170 And Friday Firsts”This is a phrase I have been repeating recently, as my current situation has not been so awesome.
Working long hours with no days off for several weeks: I can’t wait until I get some time off at the end of the year!
Faced with obscure tournaments or–gasp!–reruns on the Tennis Channel in December: I can’t wait until the Australian Open in mid-January!
Closing a book by a favorite author (especially if a cliff-hanger is involved): I can’t wait until the next book comes out!
Despite the fact that I am very much looking forward to these events, I try to remind myself that living in these difficult, or boring, or tedious days is a privilege that many of my patients wished they could have more of. That, at my age, accelerating time isn’t necessarily a great thing.
So I keep reminding myself that I shouldn’t wish my life away.
Mr. PiN notes that I had used to say this a lot several years ago.
Continue reading “Don’t Wish Your Life Away”This week winter hit our area, with bad roads and cold temperatures.
I also saw a huge uptick of COVID cases (likely Omicron spread by gatherings at Christmas and New Years).
Between one thing and another, when Mr. PiN announced we were out of eggs, I asked him if he would please arrange a grocery delivery instead of spending time battling traffic and tons of shoppers (who aren’t necessarily masking).
Since we haven’t really done this since the end of 2020, it was a somewhat different experience for us.
Continue reading “Revisiting Grocery Delivery”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #169 And Friday Firsts (Omicron Edition)”I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018. I had just cut back my hours, and wanted to use my new free time wisely. Some of that time was to relax, but I also wanted to improve my fitness, make my home a more pleasant place to stay, and work on becoming a more well-rounded human being.
My last update was in August 2021, with a number of wins, and several misses.
I had plenty of non-hospital months since then, which should have meant that I could hit most of my goals; however, between parental hospitalizations and a death in the family, my time was definitely not my own.
With all that, how did I do with my goals over the past 5 months?
Continue reading “Future Me, January 2022”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #168 And Friday Firsts”Early January is when people about their resolutions for the next 11 to 12 months. Usually there is talk of losing weight, saving more money, getting ahead at work.
Before I consider resolutions (or plans) for 2022, I would like to review some of the highlights of 2021. I find it is healthier for me to pay attention to things that have gone well, rather than always pointing out what needs to improve.
Continue reading “2021 Is In The Rearview Mirror”