Hello! I have been busy with many projects and I haven’t been writing here. I think it might help me to place some of my thoughts here, even if it isn’t totally clear what this space is, or who it is for.

I have an unusual medical career. As I think about what I’d really like to do, it seems likely it will become even moreso. At times, I do feel isolated in the strangeness of the things I am trying to accomplish. And it could be that writing is one process that helps me with this need for understanding myself.

It’s almost June, 2023. I have scheduled a lot of travel for myself this summer. I also recently brought a puppy into my home. These two facts typically might not be compatible. But I have an atypical drive to make things work, even if the form is quite non-traditional. I live in a community house, and I am thinking about ways to bring in more pet-caregiving humans.

One of the big trips is a physician retreat for entrepreneurs. I have not been clear about my own business plan, and I suspect that taking some time away to focus on that will help. For now, my income is coming from conventional medicine, working 3 days a week as a primary doctor at a low-income clinic. The sprout of my dream are the weekly Mind-Body skills groups that I lead on Zoom. I’m halfway through the 6th cycle, and there have been a balance of benefits and challenges. I do still see a path forward that includes these groups, but I am longing to improve the way I market them. So far, it has been a labor-intensive, personalized process of emails and phone calls with hand-selected participants. It has been a challenge to get the commitment and level of participation that would really make the groups most effective. It can feel discouraging for the work to feel undervalued by the participants. But, it is a passion project. Maybe it is still in its infancy and it will hum better when the process is more refined?

Another passion that I’m trying to give more of my time and energy, is music. I am aiming to grow both as an individual performer (singer, musician), and as a facilitator of group singing. They are related but distinct crafts. I am planning to perform at a house show next Wednesday, and hopefully more regularly in the year ahead after that.

So again, what is this blog space for? It’s sort of like a private social media feed. I am using Facebook and Twitter. But I don’t want to bore 99% of my “friends” (FB connections) with these updates. And, I do want to share them. So whoever you are that might be reading, I appreciate you for that. Until next time!