Be Better Than Good Enough
By now, many of you have probably seen the youtube videos of babies eating lemons for the first time. A trusted adult hands the baby a lemon and waits for the horrified (yet hilarious) expression to follow. The babies make faces of disappointment, anger, fear, and sadness. The best videos […]
In my first post about mentorship, I alluded to one of my earliest mentor meetings in the residency. When I started residency, I expected mentoring to be structured and scheduled for me. However, I quickly learned mentoring is not passive. Much of the responsibility is on the mentee. Mentors can […]
For 2016, I made the goal to read fifty-two books in fifty-two weeks. I didn’t achieve it. Now, I’m determined to succeed in 2017. My plan is to review the books I read in groups of thirteen. Below is the first group and a description of my ratings. Ratings out […]
This year, I decided to undertake filing taxes without an accountant (or asking my brother or dad like years past). Every time someone mentioned taxes I cringed thinking about what a terrible process it would be. Having no idea how to actually submit/do my own taxes, I quickly repressed any […]