by Matthew Rehrl MD | Play, Writing, Writing Habits
As adults, we underestimate the value of play. It’s important to resist this bias. For example, one of the most valuable tools for a writer is editing (which happens to be one of the skills I most need to develop), so next to my keyboard I have Stet! Dreyer’s...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing, Writing Habits
I have just completed 183 consecutive daily blog posts—a content rich, one-half year block of blogging! So what am I going to do to mark and celebrate this occasion? I am pulling out out my jade inuksuk piece and putting it it on my desk this week. (I have a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | CoVid, Healthcare Ethics, Writing
Here’s the Oxford English Dictionary definition of hesitancy: The quality or condition of hesitating; indecision, vacillation; an instance of this. And here’s the Oxford English Dictionary definition of obstinacy: The quality or condition of being obstinate; obduracy,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
In the photograph above, my one-and-a-half-year-old cat Roo is “all-in” when it comes to being in this storage drawer. He is fully committed to the experience. As a physician, I know—physically, mentally, and emotionally—what it means to be all-in on a career. I have...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
I love Post-it Notes. I’ve written about them before (Sticky Notes: A Simple “Idea-Capture” Technology), but some things are just so fabulous it’s OK to write about them more than once. Consider the famous quote by the Roman Architect Vitruvius: Firmitas,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
The online Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is my go-to resource whenever I want to dive deeply into a word’s meaning. Why? Well, here’s one of several reasons: In their word usage sections, the OED is not afraid to use examples from Twitter. For example,...
