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All of my banking user names and passwords

Happy Easter. I had a full day of work and gorging myself with my children’s Easter candy. My usual routine of not eating until I have carefully pondered thoughts on healthcare and improv for the day was abandoned in favor of multiple large meals. Here I am though. Must keep it going. Today was the strongest urge to skip a day that I have had since starting to do this. I think the previous two entries had essentially no one read them, and I need to get to bed to get up to round in the hospital very early tomorrow. I think I need to do it every day, if for no other reason than to achieve my stated goal. I am aware that these entries are not informing the world and best-case scenario has been that just under 30 people click on the link. I have no idea if anyone is actually reading any of it. I do think that my discussion of the topics was better at the workshop last Thursday. I feel like the writing has helped me understand the specifics of why I find benefit in doing improv, thinking about how it relates to healthcare, and then applying the skills at my job. The benefits from improv have been there for me for years, but what has changed over the years is I have clarified much more specifically what has been impacted. I think I still have more distance to continue to be clear about the benefits in my life and then hopefully share that experience with other people. I have stated this in previous entries but will repeat that people seem to be interested in these topics while also being hesitant to dive right into the experience of it. That makes sense as it is outside of most people’s comfort zone. To overcome that however, I will need to be as clear as possible about the benefits, the practical applications, and why the skills practiced in improv are necessary now more than ever. This daily writing habit has been helpful in doing that. I think the rest of this time, I will try to bunch themes over several days in a row. I did that the previous three days. I thought that would get more traction than some of the other topics, but it got no traction whatsoever. I guess I should learn more about marketing. I also want these entries to be about the ideas and to have people interested in the ideas drawn to the entry. I suppose marketing would help me find people who are interested in the ideas. I am going to name this entry, “All of my banking passwords”. I don’t know that that will draw many people interested in the intersection of healthcare and theater arts, specifically improv, to the website, but maybe if I can get some bots excited for the page, it will be more broadly disseminated. I am a simple physician who enjoys improvising. I don’t know how marketing works. I suspect that last sentence was not necessary. OK, I am gonna go review some patient charts and then get some sleep. If you are not a bot and want more robust content, I think the previous two entries are two of the most worthwhile of the past 3 weeks. Thanks for reading, even if you are a bot!