Experiments
Gentle Refinement May 2026 — The Daily Note Wrap Up
The discovery of linking my task management to a daily note has been liberating and exciting. I finally have my own task management system. And I love it.
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The Practice
Gentle Refinement Month 5 — Exploring the Daily Note
April was a blessing. Having the opportunity to spend the month focusing on my previous three refinements was helpful and a good opportunity to lock things in. But it's a new month, and time for me to begin working on something else. I've decided it is
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My Personal Journey with High-Dose Creatine Supplementation
Real Life We've looked at how creatine works, both in the muscle and in the brain. We've reviewed studies showing its efficacy in helping with mental processing, memory, cognition, and possible prevention of dementia. This is all well and good. But what about real life? Well,
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Reminders of my Why
Twenty years. That's how long it has been since I graduated from medical school. It blows my mind. In so many ways, I find it difficult to believe that so many years have passed. There are times when it feels like medical school was only yesterday. Moments of
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Forcing Work
If you need to force yourself to work, you're working on the wrong thing. -Dan Koe: "The 80-Hour Myth" I'm just going to say it: this is bullshit. I honestly don't remember this article. But at some point, I saved this (and
Experiments
Gentle Refinement Month 2—A Nightly Routine
Habits are like the entrance ramp to a highway. They lead you down a path and, before you know it, you’re speeding toward the next behavior.James Clear February has arrived, and with it, it is time for me to look at my next gentle refinement for the year.
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End of Year Break
As the year wraps up, we all seem to get more and more busy. For many, it is a time of fun, family, and joy. For others, it is a difficult time, often bittersweet at best, and painful for many. For me, it is somewhere in between, but most certainly
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Slow Words, Deeper Thinking
"We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us." —Father John Culkin, S.J. We live in an unprecedented age. Gadgets surround us, tools ready to create, learn, grow, communicate, edify, and connect. But mostly, they are tools to waste our time and dumb us down. The
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Burnout, hiding in plain sight
At the age of 14, I decided I wanted to become a doctor. At the age of 45, I was ready to throw in the towel. My life has been one of focus and purpose. I'd made my parents proud. I'd accomplished the goals I'