The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Though severe weather events like this used to feel like a ‘once in a decade’ tragedy, they are, statistically speaking, becoming more and more common. Should recent weather events impact your emergency fund? Should recent weather events impact your emergency fund? It happens. What Can We Learn From This?

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The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Though I adhere to commonly agreed upon personal finance advice such as living ‘like a resident’ and well below your means, if you are overly frugal, you will deprive yourself of the enjoyment that is deserved when your income grows. Allowing ourselves to spend our hard-earned money is critical to finding happiness in our careers.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As I continue onward in my journey writing a physician finance guide one chapter at a time, I wanted to tackle investing. How, then, can any physician find the time to research individual companies and make educated decisions on which publicly traded businesses are undervalued? We simply cannot. There are not enough hours in the day.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The silver lining of a horrific event like this is the incredible humanity we witness in its aftermath. Should recent weather events impact your emergency fund? Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund? Please be safe, take care of yourself, and help others if you can. What if the worst-case scenario happens?

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

It does seem that if communities, particularly historically marginalized communities, are interested in ACP, that fact should carry some weight in how resources are allocated to research and health care financing. And then individuals will still have questions of really, how can I help my wishes to be known?

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Those disruptive events or shocks often portend a major decline in function from which people with dementia never fully recover. Today we talk about disruptive events, or health and wealth shocks. So thought it related to our theme of disruptive events about different ways in which you may experience an early demise.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

James: Yeah, so I guess just to start… I mean, prognosis in general is kind of a term for predicted course of disease, and I think people commonly use it to refer to an individual’s life expectancy or how long the person has to live. I think this is a really difficult topic to talk about with patients.

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