About the blog
Joan
Welcome to my blog! This is just a personal space for me to park my thoughts, to vent on things I care about, to jot down events or incidences I observe in my daily life, my occasional random musings about life and death, and stories from my workplace. There may be pictures of family/friends, or pics from my travels. Or just cute cat/dog pics from the www. My motto in life- life is short, do whatever makes you happy (as long as you don’t hurt others).
“In life we do things. Some we wish we had never done. Some we wish we could replay a million times in our heads. But they all make us who we are, and in the end they shape every detail about us. If we were to reverse any of them we wouldn’t be the person we are. So just live, make mistakes, have wonderful memories. But never, ever, second guess who you are, where you have been, and most importantly where it is you’re going.” – Unknown
About Me
I am an internist/hospitalist who currently resides in Massachusetts. After my internal medicine residency and chief residency in Baltimore, I practiced as a PCP in Maine for 3 years, before moving to MA for a hospitalist position. For a long time, I wasn’t sure if I should openly share my personal thoughts and viewpoints, or whether I should strive to be a little more private. One could ask, what does it even mean in our current world? Unless we just stay at home 24/7, or be completely isolated on an island, our privacy is likely compromised one way or another. In this digital age with the increasing use of AI, it is hard to tell truths from lies, facts from made-up stories. I’ve kept a blog for a long time, and though I’ve only updated it sporadically in the last few years, I’m hoping to share more on my thoughts and perspectives that would hopefully encourage us all to think more critically and push back against the passive consumption of social media and misinformation disseminated by certain factions for their personal interests.
Last edited July 2025.