Month: March 2022

Monday Melange, March 2022: Women’s History, The Arts, The War.

A collection of posts that caught my eye in the past month or so.

The invasion of Ukraine has been very much on my mind this month, as well as on the minds of others. There has been much discussion on the topic in the PiN household, as well as in the blogosphere.

March is also Women’s History month, and I found a number of entertaining and informative posts.

I also threw in some posts related to Art, because I really needed something uplifting to tide me over until Spring arrives.

And, on a blog where I write about money and medicine, how could I not include a few links on these topics?

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Fitness Log #179 And Friday Firsts

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.

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The Million Dollar Dream

After some very long weeks and months this past Fall, Mr. PiN and I were able to get away to my parents’ place on the coast.

As often happens, on my first day here, I started fantasizing about being able to spend weeks (months!) in this great location. It doesn’t seem like a totally crazy idea—after all, my grandparents spent their winters here in their retirement years, and now my parents do as well (health crises and COVID being the exception).

Entrance to a beach, framed by palm trees.
I would definitely walk daily if this were my destination

My “assignment” while here has been rest and recuperation, but my brain kept turning over thoughts of what it might be like to actually live here for months at a time.

While the privilege here is obvious, some of my thoughts may have relevance to other professionals thinking about a vacation home. Especially as regards making memories with the family, and the fallout from that.

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Fitness Log #178 And Friday Firsts

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.

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A PCP Looks At FIRE

I have been thinking about early retirement for a while now. Eight years, in fact, ever since one of my partners retired early and put the idea in my head.

The closer I get to financial independence, the more I am thinking about what I would like to do. My planning is complicated by the nature of my work: being a primary care physician isn’t solely shift-work. If I am gone for 2 weeks out of the month, or for 3 months at a time, someone still needs to take care of the patients when they call in with problems.

Shift-work (hospital medicine) is a little easier if I want more days off, but comes with other challenges, like the expectation to put in long hours for many days in a row.

I decided to walk through some of the different flavors of FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) and see how they might work out for me, as an Internal Medicine PCP.

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Fitness Log #177 And Friday Firsts

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.

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Fitness Log #176 And Friday Firsts

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.

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