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Hey everyone, it’s Monday – the day before I start my shift tomorrow. This marks the 3rd week in a row that I’ve kept up with blogging. Baby steps… 2021? Yea, today’s post is just some introspection on my goals for 2021. 2020 was a rough year and so far, 2021 hasn’t seemed much better. That said, I am still cautiously optimistic. Coronavirus It would be impossible to comment on the 2020 (and now 2021) […]

2021 – The Year of Optimism?


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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. This is just a short post highlighting how student loans will be affected by Coronavirus. The TL;DR from Forbes is: Ability to pause payment on your federal student loans until September 30, 2020. No interest on your federal student loan payments through September 30, 2020. Stops garnishment of wages, Social Security and tax refunds for student loan debt collection. This is a good thing. I’m glad something like this was done to […]

Student Loans and Coronavirus #illumedati



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Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. I have a few things that I was planning to talk about today, but something new happened that I think is worth talking about. For many of us, Student Loans are a heavy burden to bare. For some, you may have opted to go the route of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) to have some of your loans forgiven. However, Trump’s new proposal may throw a monkey wrench in your […]

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and Trump #illumedati


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Match Day has come and gone. A whirlwind of emotions has hit medical students on that day. Some joy, some of ambivalence, some of disappointment. However, no matter what emotion you feel that day, you will need to start planning for lays ahead of you. The rest of your 4th year should be relatively easy as you will probably need to spend some time finding a new place to live and things like that. Please refer […]

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