Monthly Archives: July 2018

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

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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

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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

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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

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Hey everyone, it’s The 4th of July… so Happy 4th of July! I was going to write about Crypto Diversification (and why I don’t do it), but I’ll save that for next week. I have instead decided to get some family time in with my wife and kids before I head to work. For those of you are working this holiday with me, our patients thank you. For those of you who have this holiday […]

Happy 4th of July! #illumedati

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Hey everyone it’s Medicine Mondays again. And… I just realized it’s July… Everyone knows what that means, right? What does it mean? It means it’s time for the new interns to start! However, it’s already July 2nd so that means the first day is already over.. and the first day is the hardest. For some it may be harder than others, for example if you started on the ICU or night float or trauma or […]

I just realized it’s July… #illumedati

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