A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 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 #353, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”I’ve started Wednesday W’s as a way to give short updates of how I use my (new) extra day off per week. I am curious about what I will do with that extra day, and think blogging about it might prompt me to make sure I take advantage of it.
This week doesn’t really reflect my new 3-day weekend, as I was on vacation last week, and officially took Monday off as well. Which works out for me, as my original flight home was canceled and I had to take an overnight flight, landing at my home airport smack in the middle of what used to be my morning clinic.
Continue reading “Wednesday W #4”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 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 #352, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”And now for something completely different…
Continue reading “Canada On My Mind”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 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 #351 Friday Firsts, Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals”I’m starting Wednesday W’s as a way to give short updates of how I use my (new) extra day off per week. I am curious about what I will do with that extra day, and think blogging about it might prompt me to make sure I take advantage of it.
Continue reading “Wednesday W #3”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 July.
Continue reading “My Favorite Posts By Other People, July 2025”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 6 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 #350”I’m starting Wednesday W’s as a way to give short updates of how I use my (new) extra day off per week. I am curious about what I will do with that extra day, and think blogging about it might prompt me to make sure I take advantage of it.
When did I wake up: 5:30 am, we had a very loud bird outside the bedroom window, greeting the dawn. I did not fall back asleep. Alarm went off at 7:01, as we have workers coming to the house today to replace our downstairs carpeting, any time after 8.
Who am I spending time with: Lots of medical people, with visits to the pharmacy (I couldn’t get there before they closed on Friday); the dentist and dental hygienist (scheduled); and then the optometrist to pick up new prescription sunglasses (they came in today, my first pair in >1o years. They are a huge improvement!).
What did I do for work: I took the bus into work, while our carpeting was replaced–I would otherwise have been boxed in and unable to get to the dentist. I spent 3 hours working at my desk, and still didn’t clear all the patient messages; though I did complete student evaluations and skim through a few papers. Later in the evening, I spent about an hour catching up on professional e-mail digests.
What project am I working on, now I have time:
Catching up at work, mostly.
Though tonight Mr. PiN and I may work on going through all the stuff we had jammed into our front closet, which had to be pulled out yesterday. Our sofa is heaped up with more things than I could imagine were hidden away.
What did I do to “fill my bucket:” I lay down in the afternoon, that early morning wake-up knocked me out.
What else was good about today:
The bus ride was awesome: not too crowded, with great air conditioning. I could see the seats even have USB ports for charging.
I treated myself to a take out breakfast: pricey, but a fun change.
The best was coming home to new carpeting on the stairs, so plush and comfortable.
Which meme has made me laugh recently:
As I may have mentioned a few times on this blog, I am cutting back on clinic hours, starting this month.
The effects on scheduling have been apparent quite quickly: whereas it never used to be a problem scheduling out 3 to 4 months for follow up, this is now a huge problem. (I imagine it will be less of a problem in a few months, as patients decide they can see someone else; or move away; and are not replaced by new patients.)
I have therefore been telling patients that they should lock in a follow up appointment now (at check out), since I’m reducing my clinic hours and it may be harder to schedule going forward.
I have found the reactions of various patients very interesting.
Continue reading “Patient Reactions To My Cutting Back”