I read many blog posts each day. They mostly focus on personal finance, but also on minimalism and travel . Here are some of my favorite posts I read in June and July.
The Woke Salaryman had a lovely post: Mr. Loh’s Special Day. It’s a post to promote a program in Singapore, but the story and lesson are applicable in any nation.
TWS had 2 other posts that I particularly liked this summer as well. One was another sponsored post whose message is still very important: Yes, living your values will cost you something. The other is a tear-jerker, but also has a deeply important message: My favorite thing was to walk on the beach with you.
From No Sidebar, a post I should refer back to periodically as I try to restart my decluttering projects: The 8 Thoughts You Need to Finally Make Progress Owning Less.
I like to remember that decluttering doesn’t mean you have to give up all your treasures. From Happily Disengaged, a lovely post about mementos, and why even minimalists will keep some knick-knacks that don’t appear valuable to others. On the Subject of Possessions.
For med students and early residents–or just people who are feeling the pinch these days in their budgets–10 Easy Slump-Busting Moves is an instant classic. From the Prudent Plastic Surgeon.
In case you are looking for ways to cut costs, I refer you to this article on the cost of car ownership, from Monevator. Though I still yearn for a second car for the PiN family, I have to own that becoming a 1-car family did great things for our finances, a benefit that persisted for years.
The uncomfortable middle: when you’re financially independent but still working is a great piece from Bob at Tawcan. It describes my mindset pretty closely, even if some of the details are different (no small children).
For someone a little further along the financial independence spectrum, The White Coat Investor hit it out of the park with his post Between Financial Independence and Retirement. With each section he described how I am feeling as I continue to work while acknowledging that I am financially independent.
I’m definitely a bit closer to retirement readiness these days, and there were a lot of posts that I paid closer attention to dealing with that phase of life:
- A link from, I think, Doximity, led me to a list by Ronald Librizzi, DO, of non-financial considerations for retirement in Prepping for Retirement: My Top 10 tips.
- Dr. Charles Patterson also wrote about the various domains to consider in planning for retirement in How I’m Thinking About Retirement, from the White Coat Investor site.
- Not all retirements are voluntary. Wealthy Doc writes about the challenges faced with an unexpected retirement from medicine in I Used to be a Physician.
In a totally different vein, I was particularly interested in this AP article about states charging companies whose employees rely on Medicaid for insurance. Lack of affordable insurance coverage is returning as an issue, and something that I deal with all the time in clinic. I’m interested to see how this will play out.
Lastly, 2 very different links.
From The White Coat Investor, Navigating Social and Market Norms in Medicine. This probably ought to be required reading for all early career attendings. Possibly all attendings.
Secondly, because I love tennis, and I also have to deal with some weird social expectations in medicine (like, aren’t all the doctors men?), a video for your enjoyment:
Do you have any favorite posts from June or July?