It's remarkable how often I find myself thinking back. I know I'm supposed to be present. I know the answers are here and now. But more and more, I believe my past is the handhold to my future. For instance, I was ready to quit residency five months before graduation. I was so ready to … Continue reading Newsletter #47: Like It or Not, This Will Serve Us
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A Lesson in Astrocartography
The rise, demise, and return of my love for the local health food store, as told through one flyer for astrocartography services.
The Planet Fitness Portal Opens
Ever experienced inverse déjà vu? I did this week. For me, it’s been about as rare as seeing a bald eagle. Inverse déjà vu, I believe, is a marker on the map of our life, letting us know we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing out here in the uncertainty. Proof that we're answering … Continue reading The Planet Fitness Portal Opens
If It’s Reasonable, It’s A Lie
To really change, I don’t think it’s possible without hitting rock bottom. For me, it was imperative. I needed a humbling. I needed to feel the earth beneath my bare skin. I needed to lose everything. From rock bottom, I had no choice.
The Treacherous Trail to Asheville
People ask my wife and I why we moved to Asheville. Often, we haven’t had an explanation other than it felt right. Often, I do think we’re kinda crazy. But last night, I felt a little less crazy and a little more alive, knowing that...
Newsletter #40: Where We Must Never Compromise
I love The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, especially the book's introduction. The passage opens with a quote: The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard. - from the Katha Upanishad Maugham, a prominent novelist of the 1900s (and interestingly, a … Continue reading Newsletter #40: Where We Must Never Compromise
Lay With Gators to Live With Gravitas
Hours after I quit medicine, the great probe began with a question I’d go on to receive a hundred more times over the next year: “So, what are you going to do now?”
The Peril and Promise of a Rolled-Down Window
I opened my eyes, looked around my parents’ yard, and realized in an instant, what I hoped to never see: five years were gone, and I wasn’t home.
Newsletter #33: Good for You? No, Good for Me
"Good for you", she said, before shifting the subject back to my cavity on tooth 3. I was at the dentist, for the first time in way too long, and enjoying the conversation, despite my cavity. My dentist and I share a favorite restaurant. We live in same part of Asheville. And her husband just … Continue reading Newsletter #33: Good for You? No, Good for Me
The Truth in a Thousand-Yard Stare
I recently devoured The House of God. What a book, outlining the fictional intern year of Dr. Roy G. Basch, which makes one think about the empty promises of medicine. It makes one wonder if it was worth it.