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When good advice can be bad, and other thoughts
I am haphazardly reading through the Bible and have just started the book of Job. I find Job to be a challenging read. Today, I read the first…
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I’m almost eight years older than my husband
Growing up, I thought that the husband was always older than the wife. After all, my dad was older than my mom. It made sense. I wised up…
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And now for one of my favorite topics, percentages
I made $37,000 during my first year as a dietitian in 2013. Granted, this was in South Dakota so there wasn’t state income tax, although now I wonder…
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How much to save?
The White Coat Investor and most other reasonable personal finance blogs for physicians recommend saving 20% of gross income for retirement. (People who aren’t physicians usually do fine…
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KT chili recipe
We have some dear church friends from my residency days in Minnesota, and one night they invited us to dinner. They are aware of my husband’s pickiness when…
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The joy of cooking with cans
When I was young and dumb(er), I viewed my mom’s cooking with snobby condescension. I read cooking blogs, like Smitten Kitchen and Mel’s Kitchen Cafe, like it was…
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