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Monday Melange

Mondays I usually write about money.

A few weeks ago, I was thinking about how to explain investing to residents, should the invitation to speak to a group about financial matters actually come through. I still have to figure out how I want to present stocks and bonds, but don’t quite have the energy to do that this week. Maybe next week.

Instead, I decided to feature some posts that caught my eye over the past few months. Considering that it is Armistice Day today, an international theme seems to be in order.

Fitness Log #55

Just because I am a doctor, and encourage patients every day to exercise, doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own issues with getting sufficient exercise. Long hours, tiring days, family obligations, illness: they are all stumbling blocks, no matter what your occupation.

I have been recording my exercise weekly, mostly to keep myself accountable for reaching my goal (sometimes this works, sometimes I miss). If anyone reads this, I hope they will take this as encouragement to keep going, acknowledgement that it isn’t always easy.

Wednesday Wool-gathering 4

A few random thoughts, inspired by my recent rotation through the hospital wards.

Minding My P’s and Q’s

I’m in the middle of a crazy work period, with long and busy days.

In the meantime, I still have other obligations, some of which won’t wait until I go back to a lighter work schedule.

While people talk about taking care of the big things (housing, cars) and letting the little things work themselves out, I am getting pretty anxious about taking care of business. I have to tackle those little details that cause so much pain when you miss them.

Fitness Log #54

Fitness Log #53

Slowing Down

Alas, I am not announcing that I am slowing down at work to focus on the blog. In fact, it is quite the opposite.

Investing Step 1/2, Why You Need To Invest

Last week I wrote about steps to complete before investing, as I think about how to talk about investing and personal finance to the residents at my program. I started writing about all the things that really need to happen before a person is in a good place to invest, and it ended up taking a long time and many pixels.

Something similar happened this week. I had planned to cover proper investments in this post, but got caught up in explaining why just saving money isn’t enough. I’ll see if I can get to investing next week.

Fitness Log #52

One Year At 90 Percent

I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of dropping down to 90% or 0.9 FTE. I want to reflect on it now, because I will be working in the hospital during the actual one-year mark–and there is really no 90% effort while you are leading a resident team in patient care.