A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
An anecdote periodically makes the personal finance rounds; it goes something like this:
A professor starts a lecture with a jar, a collection of rocks, sand, and a beaker of water.
He puts the sand in the jar, then pours in the water. Once that’s done, he tries placing the rocks in the jar, but there isn’t room for all of them. Water or may not spill all over the desk.
Continue reading “More Big Rocks”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 #264, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness”I read many blog posts each day. They mostly on personal finance, but also on minimalism and travel . Here are some of my favorites that I read in November.
Continue reading “My Favorite Posts By Other People, November 2023”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 #263 And Friday Firsts and Fabulousness”You may or may not know that US physicians are no longer board certified for life.
Anyone who passed their boards after 1990 has needed to pass more exams (with associated costs and time off of work) in order to stay current.
Continue reading “Pick Your Poison”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 #262, Friday Firsts and Fabulousness, and Monthly Goals”If you follow this blog at all, you will have noticed that I haven’t been posting much beyond my Fitness Logs. I’ve been having a tough few weeks, in the setting of a not-so-easy year.
If you were to ask me how things are going, I’m much more likely to tell you about my latest challenges, than to say Great! and really mean it.
As this is Thanksgiving week in the USA, I think this might be a good time to practice flexing my thankfulness muscles. It’s good for me to count my blessings.
I hope you will not take this as boastfulness, but more as an opportunity to count your own blessings, whatever they might be.
Continue reading “Giving Thanks In 2023”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 #261 And Friday Firsts”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 #260 And Friday Firsts”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 #259 And Friday Firsts and Fabulousness”