Was reading an article in the WSJ about retirement, and was struck by this paragraph: 'To prompt clients to clarify their goals, Mr. Kinder asks three questions: What would you do if you had all the time and money in the world? How would you live if you knew you had only five to 10 years left? And what would you most regret if you died tomorrow?"
Seems to me these are good questions to clarify one's priorities in general, not just with retirement. I'll have to chew on them.
Meanwhile, one of my patients this morning shared that her pregnant niece had a large, maskless baby shower. And thought her 84 year old grandmother should attend! Luckily my patient is not an idiot. She brought grandma in the car - masked - so the attendees could come out and say hi to her - then took her back home. I can't help thinking of this girl's poor obstetrician - imagine how she would feel if she knew this patient had just thrown a large maskless party and put the OB's own life at risk.
I'm especially riled up because I read a story this morning about a bunch of stupid parents in Missourinthrowing a secret homecoming dance for their high school students. They purposefully hid it from the local authorities because it was an illegal gathering. No masks. This was on Nov. 7th and already now 7 attendees have Covid plus a number of other faculty and students at the school. They can't contact trace adequately because the parents deliberately did not keep a list if attendees.
