Yearly Archives: 2018

Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. It’s that time again… today I’m going to talk about “Trimming the Fat (Again)“. Trimming the Fat (Again) If you haven’t already, you should probably read my prior posts: Trimming the Fat Falling Off the Wagon It’s the Little Things So, my confession is: I’ve been buying Starbucks pretty much every day since falling off the wagon earlier this year. I was doing so so well for awhile, but […]

Trimming the Fat (Again) #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Finance Finance Fridays Medical Student Residency on by
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays again. This will be a short story with the simple reminder to “Be Excellent to Each Other“. Be Excellent to Each Other? This last few days of my shift have been pretty rough. We had some people get sick and there were some shifts in the schedule. If you combine this with above-average volume, it’s been pretty busy for me and my team these last few days. Some of you […]

Be Excellent to Each Other #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Medical Student Medicine Medicine Mondays Residency on by
Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. I’ve talked about the Windfall Management Exercise recently and about Retiring Early before. Today let’s ponder “What if I retired today?” Is this another “Finance Exercise”? Yes. Kind of like the Windfall Management Exercise, this “What if I retired today?” is another exercise, just to kind of test your mindset. Here is the beginning of your retirement story: It’s July 13, 2018, you’ve received word that you now have […]

What if I retired today? #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Finance Fridays Medical Student Residency Retirement on by
Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again. Today I’m going to talk about “Crypto Diversification“. Crypto Diversification? Yea. I think everyone seems to agree that: “The most basic – and effective – strategy for minimizing risk is diversification.” from Investopedia We see it everywhere. It’s one of the most basic reasons to use an index fund rather than picking individual stocks. A larger exposure means less risk. Simple right? Well kind of. The problem with this “basic […]

Crypto Diversification #illumedati #crypto

This entry was posted in Attending Crypto Medical Student Residency Whatever Wednesdays on by
1
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays. Today I was going to do a short post one “Types of Physician Burnout“. Types of Burnout? Yea. I think we’ve all heard about “Physician Burnout”. However, it seems to always be lumped into this one “catch-all” category. Now that I’ve given it some thought, and talked with some of my colleagues/friends that are “burned out”, I think there are probably distinct entities within this “burnout” category. First things first. […]

Types of Physician Burnout #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Medical Student Medicine Medicine Mondays Residency on by
10
Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. There was a recent blog post from White Coat Investor titled “How to Live on $350k in Hawaii“. PhysicianOnFire (PoF) tagged me in it and I promised to give my perspective on it. So today let’s talk about “Being a Doctor in Hawaii” Being a Doctor in Hawaii Edit: This post is 2350+ words, so pour some coffee and take your time. Before we begin, I’d recommend going over […]

Being a Doctor in Hawaii #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Finance Finance Fridays Investing Medical Student Residency Retirement Student Loans on by