Physician In Numbers – Page 74 – A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined

A Monday Melange

Nothing I wrote this weekend felt ready to publish.

Instead of skipping another week, I thought it might be time to post links to some interesting articles; I picked three on dealing with medical student loan debt.

Fitness Log #28

I was so proud of getting back on track with blogging. All I had to do Thursday night was put a photo in here and press publish. And then the power went out.

Better late than never?

What keeps you going? A question that seems deep and philosophical. Which it might be, but I have a slightly different question in mind. Maybe I am asking, what helps you stick with a routine, or a habit? How do I motivate myself to continue a project?

How Much Life Insurance Do You Need?

Last month, one of my partners left the office a little early to arrange for life insurance. She wasn’t quite sure how much she needed, so she had decided to use the rule of thumb of 8 to 10 times her annual salary.

We talked about this a little, and I realize this is a somewhat silly rule of thumb. Sort of like saying you need to save 12x your salary before you retire.

Fitness Log #27

One of the favorite things I have heard from a patient is: you’re a doctor, you don’t have to worry about blood pressure. Implying, of course, that doctor’s don’t struggle with their health.

I most certainly do struggle with fitness and health, like many other Americans with sedentary jobs and a proclivity to eat treats. One of my goals is to make sure that I get my 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (or 75 minutes of high intensity exercise, which probably won’t happen). I was doing well enough that in February I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week, which remains a challenge.

The last 2 weeks, I did walk part way home most days of the week, but didn’t quite meet my 150 minute challenge. As for the strength training, that didn’t happen at all. I was very excited to start exercising again this week. As I was off the ACP (Amercian College of Physicians) meeting, I was pretty sure I’d be walking plenty: in the convention center, for sure, if not also around the City of Brotherly Love.

William Penn looks out from the top of city hall. It was clearly a morning for indoor exercise.

ACP 2019

I wrote plenty on Monday about financial aspects of attending the American College of Physicians meeting last week. Perhaps more than I planned to.

I thought I might write a shorter bit today about the actual meeting, which I enjoyed very much.

ACP in Numbers

I’m just back from ACP 2019, the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians, held this year in Philadelphia. I had a great time, and may talk about it all week.

Since I usually blog about financial stuff on Mondays, I thought I might write about some of the money issues around attending such a big meeting.

Fitness Log #26

One of the favorite things I have heard from a patient is: you’re a doctor, you don’t have to worry about blood pressure. Implying, of course, that doctor’s don’t struggle with their health.

I most certainly do struggle with fitness and health, like many other Americans with sedentary jobs and a proclivity to eat treats. One of my goals is to make sure that I get my 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (or 75 minutes of high intensity exercise, which probably won’t happen). I was doing well enough for a few weeks that I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week; but then I backslid like crazy. I did turn things around, but long hours in the hospital can make things challenging.

Back Next Week

Life has gotten very busy with work, and work, and taxes. As I wrote last week, you can (probably) have it all, but not necessarily all at the same time. I’m taking a little break from blogging and will plan to be back next week.

Fitness Log #25

One of the favorite things I have heard from a patient is: you’re a doctor, you don’t have to worry about blood pressure. Implying, of course, that doctor’s don’t struggle with their health.

I most certainly do struggle with fitness and health, like many other Americans with sedentary jobs and a proclivity to eat treats. One of my goals is to make sure that I get my 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (or 75 minutes of high intensity exercise, which probably won’t happen). I was doing well enough that I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week; but then I backslid like crazy. I did turn things around, but the strength training remains a challenge.