A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
I’m not sitting my repeat specialty boards for a few more weeks, but I’m finding that I have less time to blog these days.
I will likely continue publishing my Friday Fitness posts, but the Monday posts may need to go on hiatus until April.
See you on the other side!
I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 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.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #275, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”As I noted in my post about my net worth at the end of 2023, said net worth went up quite a bit since the beginning of 2023. Actually, it went up by a lot.
I’m still thinking about my annual spending for 2023, but it’s clear that my net worth is more than 25 times that amount. My net worth is even more than 25 times my expected spending, i.e. my current spending, plus extra spending to cover health insurance costs, increased travel, anticipated large costs in the future (a new car, a new roof, etc.)
According to guidelines suggested by the Trinity study, if I have assets (liquid assets, no less) of 25 times my spending needs–such that I can live off of a 4% return–I ought to be able to live on my investments for the next 30 years. With a good chance of having lots left over for my heirs when I die.
So, am I FI (financially independent)?
Continue reading “Am I FI?”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 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.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #274, Friday Firsts, Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals”I have just returned from WCICON24 (The White Coat Investor Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference) in Orlando.
I have been wanting to go to this conference since the first one was announced in 2018, and was super-excited to finally go this year. It didn’t hurt that I was worn out and looking forward to some time away from all the craziness at home.
I tried writing down a pearl from each lecture. It wasn’t always the point of the talk, and towards the end of the meeting, I skipped a few. I thought I might share them with you.
I added a few other thoughts about the meeting as well.
Continue reading “What I Took Away From WCICON 24”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 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.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #273, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”The past week has been unexpectedly busy.
In my professional life, I was trying to keep up with work while also clearing away all those little tasks I kept putting off “til tomorrow.” I like to leave as little work as possible for my partners to deal with, if possible, when I sign out my in-box.
That’s usually more than enough to put me at wit’s end; however, my father-in-law got in on the act.
Continue reading “A Short Respite”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 5 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.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #272, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”