Category: Living life

Thoughts on things mostly unrelated to work or money

Future Me, January 2024

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 October 2023. I’m trying to be a little more regular in my updates.

How did I do over the past 3 months?

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2023 In Review: Endings And Beginnings

Two weeks ago, I finished my year of prayer after my father’s death.

It wasn’t fun, or convenient, but it was something I wanted to do. I incorporated it into my weekly schedule, and I went.

Until, suddenly, it was over.

I no longer have to go. I don’t have to feel guilty if I miss a service. I could stop going altogether, and yet…

For years, I had wanted to go to services more often. This has been a goal on my Future Me list since I started it. The first day or two that I didn’t attend, I felt oddly adrift.

Maybe I still want to go? Though not maybe not every day?

Which leads to the bigger question: what else do I want to keep from my past year, and what do I want to leave behind? What do I want to do more of in 2024?

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Fitness Log #267 And Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

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.

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Fitness Log #266, Friday Firsts and Fabulousness, and Monthly Goals

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.

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Fitness Log #265 And Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

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.

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Fitness Log #264, Friday Firsts And Fabulousness

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.

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Fitness Log #263 And Friday Firsts and Fabulousness

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.

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Fitness Log #262, Friday Firsts and Fabulousness, and Monthly Goals

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”