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Hey everyone! It’s Whatever Wednesdays again, and I’m here to continue my series on Diamonds. Today we’re going to talk about Diamond Grading. I’d recommend reading the previous posts first, if you haven’t already: What You Need to Know About Diamonds Diamond Cut Types Diamonds Old Mine Cut Stock Photo from: Pixabay What is Diamond Cut Grading? Well, in my prior post, I talked about the 4 C’s. Cut, Carat, Clarity, and Color. I dedicated a […]

Diamond Cut Grading #illumedati

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Hey guys, It’s Finance Fridays again, and I’m here to talk about the “Pay Yourself First” concept. This should be a relatively short post, but still very important. Stock Photo from: Pexels What do you mean “pay yourself first”? This is actually a concept in most, if not all retirement books/articles. Essentially, when you receive your paycheck, before spending even a penny of it on anything else, you set aside money for your saving/retirement. If you already […]

Pay Yourself First #illumedati

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Hey guys, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again. A little while back I did a series of posts centered around Diamonds. However, this kind of got disrupted by the Match. Now that the Match is over, let’s try to get back on track. Stock Photo From: Pexels (Picture not really related to the Old Mine Cut, just thought it was cute) In my previous post Diamond Cut Types, there was commentary from @mcsassymd and @caitertot regarding a […]

Diamonds Cuts: Old Mine Cut #illumedati

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Hey guys, it’s Medicine Mondays again. Remember my previous post “I’m Leaving Medicine”? Well, I recently caught up with the friend of mine who was/is planning to leave medicine, hence the title: Let’s Talk About Leaving Medicine. Stock Photo from: Pexels Slight edit: 3-20-2017 @ ~ 5:45 pm PST, fixed some small calculation errors. So like I was saying, I was just talking to my friend and he linked me this article: Retired at 37: […]

Let’s Talk About Leaving Medicine #illumedati

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So it’s the end of Match week, and today all the 4th year medical students who matched will find out where they matched. As such, it’s time to go over The Post Match Checklist. I hope you guys have taken my advice in my prior posts Congratulations, you have matched! and Waiting for Friday. Stock Photo from: Pexels So, after receiving your Match results today, you will feel a whirlwind of emotions: Excitement, exhilaration, relief, […]

The Post Match Checklist #Match2017 #MatchDay #illumedati

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Hey guys, it’s Finance Fridays and I’m going to talk to you about the Value Cost Ratio (VCR). I alluded to this concept a little bit in my prior post Trimming the Fat. Stock Photo from: Pexels What is a Value Cost Ratio (VCR)? Well.. it’s not this: Stock Photo from: Pixabay For those who don’t know, that’s a Videocassette recorder (VCR). I’m showing my age here because for some of you, VCRs were before […]

Value Cost Ratio #illumedati

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