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5 on a Friday: Mostly Personal Chit Chat Edition

I used up all of my deep thoughts already I think. And somehow don’t have a whole bunch of things to link as I often do! 1- Inquiring minds might want to know whether yesterday’s “highlight of the day” came to fruition. Thankfully yes.…

September 26, 2025
life

“Highlight of the Day”

The app I mentioned yesterday (Time Left) encourages you to select a highlight of the day, and even has an option to display this highlight on your phone dashboard. This I see as potentially serving a few purposes: I do not think the app…

September 25, 2025
life

Breathing Out

Every call week should come with a 3 day respite from clinical work like this one! (Do I have enough vacation days to actually make that a reality? Maybe! It would mean strategically taking 5 days per year. Something to consider and maybe working…

September 23, 2025

BLP Ep #269: 10 Things To Consider If You’re Feeling Scattered

Did I write this episode as a pep talk to myself? Partially!! Inspired by my own recent period of feeling a bit overwhelmed and all over the place, in today’s episode I share 10 tips for those feeling scattered or going through a similar…

September 22, 2025
life Work

5 on Call Day 5 (also Friday)

1- I really liked Oliver Burkeman’s newsletter today, in which he talked about life as a string of beads and related this idea to how current events are impacting all of our lives right now (including the anxiety produced in all of us). His…

September 19, 2025
Work

Call Day Dispatch #4: They’re Just Notes

I think I saw a record breaking number of inpatients today! (Thankfully just a few outpatients. Though some were complicated.) I am now faced with a pile of documentation which feels a little bit daunting but also . . . they are just notes.…

September 18, 2025
life Work

Balms (on Call Week Day #3)

(I cannot tell you what I think because my order sadly hasn’t even shipped yet! I ordered the gel pens and I think somehow that slowed it down.) Oh, and I never ended up dress shopping. I headed out to shop with A &…

September 17, 2025
life Work

Toggl Notes + Call Dispatch, Day 2

Toggl Notes so far: 1- I spend A LOT OF TIME IN THE CAR. Like, yesterday it was 1.5 hours (not bad) but today will be 2.5 hours (~85 minutes AM, 65 minutes PM). When I take the kids to school, my commute to…

September 16, 2025