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 over 3 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 #192 And Friday Firsts”As you may recall, last summer Mr. PiN and I went to Maine (aka Vacationland) for the first time last year. We had a blast.
Since COVID is still affecting travel this year, we decided to go back, and see if it was just as nice as the first time.
The short answer: yes.
The other answer: it wasn’t quite the same.
The biggest differences related to visiting in the shoulder season, rather than high season.
For our international travels (back before COVID), we loved traveling in shoulder season. We were unconstrained by the school holiday calendar, and could find cheaper flights to destinations that had great weather and fewer crowds.
This year we found that shoulder season in Maine had some of the same advantages, and a few more drawbacks. I thought I would go through some of them.
Continue reading “Comparing Shoulder Season and High Season Travel”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 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 #191 And Friday Firsts”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 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 #190 And Friday Firsts”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 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 #189 And Friday Firsts”Posts that caught my eye in early May.
Continue reading “Monday Melange, May 2022”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 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 #188 And Friday Firsts”This is an update of a post I wrote 2 years ago, after the sharp drop (and quick recovery) of March 2020. I thought it was worth revisiting, especially since I haven’t properly learnt lesson #2: don’t look.
I have had the dubious pleasure of investing through a number of market crashes over the years. Each one has taught me something about my risk tolerance, and I hope that the lessons I have learned may be helpful to you. If only to show you what not to do.
I decided not to present each past market drop chronologically, but rather to discuss each drop in terms of my personal risk tolerance, from least to most. Please keep in mind that, of course, your risk tolerance will change depending on your age and life circumstances.
Continue reading “5 Market Crashes, 9 Lessons On Risk Tolerance.”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 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 #187 And Friday Firsts”I have been thinking more and more about travel recently, though I am not sure the time is quite yet right for me. (The thought of being unable to enter the country if I have a positive COVID test–and thus missing work–is a real challenge).
While cruising the Internet, I found this book by the founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights. I was intrigued, and decided to get it from my local library.
Mr. Keyes was previously a journalist, and his prose is easy to read. His book is peppered with anecdotes about people looking for deals. Not unsurprisingly, a number of them find success using his website.
He has a number of tips for finding cheaper flights, some of which I have used before, and some of which were new to me. I’ve decided to take notes on the book, to refer to after I return it. It’s entertaining enough I might decide to add it to my permanent shelves, but in the meantime, here are the highlights of the first 4 chapters.
Continue reading “Take More Vacations: A Book Summary. Part 1.”