Hospitalists! Are you ready for a thirty-day challenge to improve yourself. Suggest additions or deletions if you have any.
Here are the components of the challenge.
| Day # | Challenge for the Day |
| 1 | Update or improve your EMR templates, EPIC, CERNER |
| 2 | Read at least one Personal Finance Book. Fire your personal financial advisor. |
| 3 | Plan an Exercise regimen. |
| 4 | Plan for passive income stream or nonclinical income. |
| 5 | At least check your monthly budget once to know how much money is coming and going. |
| 6 | Make favorite orders saved to make you more efficient while working. |
| 7 | Create some accounts to do Medical Surveys for hospitalists. |
| 8 | Start making preparations for your board exam if you are closer to recertification. |
| 9 | Look for ways to make yourself faster at rounding in the hospital. |
| 10 | Make your investor policy statement. |
| 11 | Make sure your bedroom is ideal for a good night sleep. |
| 12 | Reduce taxes-contribute to 401K, Contribute to Backdoor Roth IRA. |
| 13 | Open 529 account. |
| 14 | Complete your required CME for license renewal. |
| 15 | Plan your Hospital Medicine Conference. |
| 16 | Get your credit report for free at Annual Credit Report, Freeze your credit report if you want to avoid identity theft. |
| 17 | Make a nice and efficient Home office if you work from home. |
| 18 | Save money -Use honey, Rakuten, Ibotta, Drop, Dosh. Cancel unnecessary Subscriptions if you have any. |
| 19 | Check if your investments are in appropriate type of accounts. Make sure all have beneficiaries updated. |
| 20 | Try Audible to hear personal finance books on the go. One personal finance book will save a million dollars over our lifetime due to what we learn from the book. |
| 21 | Protect yourself and your property. Create Trust and Will. Umbrella insurance. Term life insurance, Disability insurance if you have not done already. |
| 22 | Create an Emergency Fund-HELOC if you have equity in your house. |
| 23 | Open an account –Cash app or Venmo. These make it easy for peer-to-peer cash transactions. Did you know you can use Venmo to send money, shop, and even earn rewards? We’ll both earn $10 when you send at least $5 to another person on Venmo using a funding source linked to your account. Expires in 14 days. |
| 24 | If you don’t have enough time, quickly go through personal finance tips for hospitalists. |
| 25 | Cut down Sugar in your diet. Eat Salad today. Plan healthy eating habits. Plan Intermittent fasting. Cut carbs. |
| 26 | Plan to save time. Buy Roomba or Robo lawn mower if you spend a lot of time to vacuum and mow. |
| 27 | Create an LLC if you had been planning on doing one. |
| 28 | Join Utilization Management/Chart reviews /Physician advisors, CDI, UM if you want a nonclinical job doing utilization Reviews. |
| 29 | Today, do not do anything unless absolutely necessary. Just REST. |
| 30 | Make a Legacy folder to let your spouse know where all the important documents are. |
I would like to remove some and add more useful challenges if you suggest any. So please suggest better ones that are useful for most hospitalists.
