A lifestyle blog following my journey as a physician-scientist, real estate investor, and mother.
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my full disclosure policy. This is the second week of the One Room Challenge! If you’re new to the challenge, twice a year, in the spring and fall, 20 featured designers and hundreds of bloggers/instagrammers as guest participants take 6-weeks to redesign one room! This past week has been a busy one, just not so much in the dining room, unfortunately. I had one of my […]
Continually, as physicians, we are taught we must lose ourselves in the care of others. We must make sacrifices in order to provide the best care. Can I be a great physician without losing myself along the way? Can I put my full heart and soul into the care of each individual and still leave some of that passion for myself and my family? I know this is true. I’ve seen it. Despite knowing that […]
Medical school builds up to one thing: residency [for the most part]. This isn’t the case for everyone, but it is for many medical students. Residency is the in-depth clinical training in the process of becoming a licensed physician. It’s the ‘next-step’ in becoming a fully functioning physician. If you’re starting medical school, its important to think about what comes next and how you apply for residency. In celebration of Match Day this past Friday, […]
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my full disclosure policy. Spring break is coming up (YAY!) and I can’t wait. It’s still three weeks away, but it’s close enough to start getting excited. Although before spring break, I have to finish up with cardio. I’m enjoying my cardio block so far. The material is interesting (like most things in medicine) and once you get the physiology down, the pathology is pretty intuitive. […]
I’ve been talking about our renovation for a while now, but I haven’t taken the time to explain our full plan. So here’s our project list! Our exact plan has developed and changed slightly as we started demo, but it’s coming along (kind of) smoothly. Bathroom Our first priority has always been and remains the bathroom. Our apartment is a one-bedroom, one-bath, meaning we can’t really move in until we put the bathroom back together. […]
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my full disclosure policy. Our first month as homeowners has been hectic to say the least! Being homeowners is exciting! After closing on the house, we wasted no time in starting demo. We ripped up the old carpet, took the bathroom back to the studs, opened up a few walls, and scraped wallpaper until we wanted to scream (and we’re still cleaning up the glue). We […]
We are homeowners! This is a pretty awesome feeling. We finally closed on the house last Wednesday and it’s still setting in. Yes, it took longer than we wanted, but I’m ecstatic. Here’s how closing day went. The Walkthrough We did our final walkthrough at 9am the day of closing. We were initially planning to do it the day before, but the upstairs tenant was not available. Getting the first floor apartment cleaned out could […]
Closing day is approaching. There’s plenty of stress, but a whole lot of excitement. With our first investment property, this is just the beginning of our real estate investment journey. There’s already so much we have learned (and so much more we have to). It has been a roller coaster ride of emotions this year, but soon it’s going to pay off. Big time. Getting started in real estate investing can seem pretty intimidating. Before […]
College, medical school, residency. That’s the progression people think of when they think of how to become a doctor. If you talk to a room of doctors though, you’ll find that many of them will tell you they didn’t follow that path. There were detours along the way. I can tell you first hand, that there were quite a few detours in my road to medical school. One turn on that road included two gap […]
Are you an HGTV junkie? I know I am, I could watch it all day [and it is on in my house 90% of the time]. Property Brothers, Fixer Upper, House Hunters Renovation … I have a thing for renovation shows. I can skip on all the drama, I just want to see the renovation plan and finished design! While the BF hasn’t always been on board with my big renovation plans, I always wanted […]