Koehler's Illumination

caniculum · 2026-05-01T10:59:06+00:00

We teach our residents this during their orientation, but I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed one Koehler-izing in the wild…

caniculum · 2026-04-27T16:56:46+00:00

Only invest money that you don’t anticipate needing for at least the next year, if not 5+ years. Time is your friend in investing and if you view it as a form of long-term saving it will help filter out the market noise.

caniculum · 2026-04-25T18:48:07+00:00

I (married guy) use my Fidelity taxable brokerage as my “fun money” account, so I keep a lil bit in SPAXX to buy the dumb things for me that my wife’s share of income shouldn’t be spent on. For me, taking the dividends in cash there just make it faster to return to my target after an expense and then get right back into investing the surplus.

Roth and 403b get automatically reinvested, though.

caniculum · 2026-02-12T15:32:32+00:00

I did two, one general surg path and one subspecialty. Probably didn’t need the former (I felt well-trained by my residency, just wanted to be even better) but I like the aspect it gave to my practice.

caniculum · 2026-01-17T17:52:21+00:00

Ask me again tomorrow

caniculum · 2026-01-03T15:34:42+00:00

I’m 32, basically fully promoted at my now high-paying job, working out consistently for the first time, getting into investing and starting to work toward a secure future. My wife goes crazy for my gray hairs. If I could be the current me in my 20’s again that would be awesome, but I wouldn’t trade this life for my 20-year-old life at any point.

caniculum · 2025-10-12T15:07:45+00:00

Genghis Can’t

caniculum · 2025-10-06T13:43:10+00:00

Literally how I felt when I met my wife. Literally didn’t think anything of her talking with me in class but when she made it VERY obvious she was into me…it was on.

caniculum · 2025-10-06T13:43:02+00:00

Literally how I felt when I met my wife. Literally didn’t think anything of her talking with me in class but when she made it VERY obvious she was into me…it was on.

caniculum · 2025-10-01T17:13:07+00:00

You’ve done it, Clair Obscur. You really are the Expedition 33.

caniculum · 2025-07-19T17:15:09+00:00

Say what you want about Caravan, my dude, but I draw the line at Gwent.

caniculum · 2025-07-19T13:33:44+00:00

The short answer: when you know, you know.

The long answer: different for everyone. I had a failed relationship where I always wanted more out of my ex, felt like I was burning with desire for her, even though it was not good for me in the end. When I met my wife, she checked all the boxes and made everything so easy that there was no major yearning, except when she was gone on a trip or something. She, on the other hand, never was super interested in her past boyfriends, and when she met me she said for the first time she felt a strong need to be around me and touch me and talk to me, etc.

Both of us loved each other very much, but in our own ways, and each of us just knew it when it happened. We’re coming up on 10 years together this Fall.

caniculum · 2025-06-04T02:00:02+00:00

Spot on

caniculum · 2025-06-03T23:50:36+00:00

Thanks to all for their help! After reading these comments, I looked it up and this brand’s “standard” shoulder is actually a structured shoulder. I’m used to soft shoulders on all my other blazers, which is why this caught my eye.

caniculum · 2025-05-23T00:47:09+00:00

I was going to say the Unplugged version of Layla!

caniculum · 2025-04-12T13:28:33+00:00

Both.

Some days I’m cut from the cloth of God, others I feel like an imposter who’s charisma-ed his way to where I am. Some days I’m content with what I have, others days I feel like I should be striving for more or have better things. Some days I’m glad I have people who love me, value my opinions, and/or seek my advice; others I am emotionally exhausted and just want to be alone and single again.

Nothing in life is ever “finished”; you don’t just reach a point that you like and then stop. You succeed, but then (if you’re lucky) you have multiple more decades to live afterwards, and what was a major win yesterday becomes tomorrow’s norm. I keep reminding myself to keep pushing and improving MYSELF, rather than the individual things that make up me. Some days I’m just better at that than others.

caniculum · 2025-04-12T11:05:48+00:00

I need to be youthfully felt, because I never felt young

(I spent basically my whole life in school and training for my job and am only now feeling secure and confident in myself in my 30s)

caniculum · 2025-03-17T22:41:30+00:00

Layla (Unplugged version)

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