A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
Thoughts on things mostly unrelated to work or money
I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Some weeks I don’t feel so awesome about how things are going. I’ve found it helpful to acknowledge when things go well, or fabulously.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #249, And Friday Fabulousness”This summer, I have been noticing more blog posts on self care.
This might be something in the air, or possibly just something that I have been noticing more as I realize I needed to take care of myself after some very tiring months.
I’ve been working on resting up on the weekends, and trying to “fill my cup” during my time off. I have relearned some lessons, and had some insights on new ones. It was interesting to me, to consider how simple (and relatively inexpensive) the features are that lead to such a lovely time.
I thought it might be helpful to me (and maybe the reader) to reflect on the things that one can do to restore energy and good mood. Some are things that you decide to do in the short term, and some are the results of decisions you make in prior years.
Continue reading “A Little Rest And Restoration”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #248 And Friday Firsts”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #247 And Friday Firsts”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #246, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness, And Monthly Goals”Not long after the start of this blog, I cut my hours very slightly, and wanted to make sure I didn’t waste the extra time I was paying dearly for.
I had started reading about preparing for retirement in non-financial ways, and I realized that it was time to start (re-) building a life that didn’t revolve solely around medicine.
I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018 with lots of big goals, but even at the beginning, knew that I couldn’t follow all those dreams all at once. Every few months, I try to look at what I have accomplished, and see if I can adjust course to focus my free time in the directions I wish I would go: increasing fitness, building (or maintaining) connections with friends, family and community, engaging with the arts, and, lately, keeping up with financial tasks.
My last update was in late March. After taking nearly half a year to update my progress towards my goals, I started doing a little monthly wrap up, to see if that would better keep me on track.
How did I do over the past 4 months?
Continue reading “Future Me, July 2023”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Sometimes I highlight firsts (there were more in the early days of the pandemic), or wonderful features of the week. And then, on weeks like this, I give it a rest.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #245”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #244 And Friday Fabulousness”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #243, Friday Firsts, And Fabulousness”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for 4 years, and plan to continue doing so.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #242 And Monthly Goals”