Yearly Archives: 2018

Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again. Today we’re going to talk about a somewhat random topic, which is “Being First“. Being First? Yea. There are a lot of implications for when I talk about “Being First”. It can mean the first to do something or being the best at something. In general, it’s just about being #1. First a little background: Right now my daughter is 5 years old. She just started kindergarten. I tend […]

Being First #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Medical Student Residency Whatever Wednesdays on September 5, 2018 by Sensei

Hey everyone, it’s Labor Day. I was planning to take the day off, however, I decided to write about “Doctors Shouldn’t Retire Early?”, as a followup to my previous post: Stuff versus Time and physician FIRE comments. Doctors Shouldn’t Retire Early I actually was going to take the day off, but I thought this was kind of a fitting post for Labor Day. Well, like I said in my previous post, I didn’t read the whole […]

Doctors Shouldn’t Retire Early #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Medical Student Medicine Medicine Mondays Residency on September 3, 2018 by Sensei

Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. Today I’m going to try to simplify some things… we’re going to discuss “Stuff versus Time”. Stuff versus Time? Yea. So, to step back a bit, this blog is mostly about taking responsibility for your finances and being in charge of your retirement. However, I do also talk about Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE), and things like that as well. In general, I talk a lot about mindset. Like […]

Stuff versus Time and physician FIRE comments #illumedati

This entry was posted in Attending Finance Finance Fridays on August 31, 2018 by Sensei

Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again. Today I’m going to talk about “Home Ownership“. This post turned out longer than I thought it would be. Home Ownership So I’ve lived at my house for about 2 and half years now. I’d love to tell you that we have remodeled the house and have a new kitchen and new hardwood floors and new everything and it’s my dream house….however… I’d be lying. The truth is that I […]

Home Ownership #illumedati

This entry was posted in House Whatever Wednesdays on August 29, 2018 by Sensei

Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays again. However, there is no real post from me today. Hurricane Lane was downgraded to a tropical storm and I was lucky in that not much happened to me here on Oahu. There was some wind and rain and some people did lose power briefly, however, Oahu was pretty lucky I think overall. That said, Hurricane Lane brought torrential rain on the Big Island and fires on Maui. I am hopeful […]