Reader,

I am writing this edition a day early from our hotel in Rio Serrano, deep in Patagonia.

We are officially one week into our honeymoon, and the itinerary has been incredible. We started by flying into Santiago, spent a few days sipping wine in the Casablanca Valley, explored the coast in Viña del Mar, and then headed back to Santiago to jump on another flight down to Puerto Natales.

I'm sending this out today because tomorrow morning, Katie and I are strapping on our boots for a grueling 12-hour trek through Torres del Paine National Park. I’ll be entirely off the grid, so I won't have time to tell you how it went until next week (assuming my legs still work).

But before I lose cell service, I want to talk about something I read on that flight down to the edge of the earth.

The ROI of Your Degree

While flying into Patagonia, I was reading an article published by Inside Higher Ed titled, "Graduate School Pays Off for Pharmacists, but Not for Everyone."​

The data revealed a harsh reality: While professional healthcare degrees (like Pharmacy, Medicine, and PT) generally have a positive financial return, many other graduate degrees are actual wealth-destroyers. People are taking on six figures of debt for degrees that barely bump their starting salaries.

But even for those of us in healthcare who do get a positive ROI, there is a massive hidden tax that no one warns us about: Opportunity Cost. Because we spent most of our 20s in school, we lost nearly a decade of compounding interest. By the time we graduate and pay off our student loans, we are starting from zero while our peers have been investing for years.

This is exactly why I don't just focus on ROI (Return on Investment). I obsess over ROT (Return on Time).

The "Escape Plan" (March Income Reveal)

As a physiotherapist, I love what I do. But relying 100% on trading my physical time for a clinical salary is a fast track to burnout. You simply cannot outrun a bad Return on Time.

My ultimate goal is what I call the "Clinic Escape Plan", hitting $10,000/month in non-clinical, scalable income. That number buys the ultimate luxury: the choice of when and how I treat patients, rather than treating out of necessity.

Right now, I am over halfway there. I tracked every dollar I made in March outside of the clinic.

Here is the exact net breakdown of my side-income streams for March:

But here is the most important metric: The total dollar amount isn't what matters. It’s the time it took to generate it. Earning that $6,000 took less than 10 hours of actual work to manage over the entire month.

When you decouple your time from your earning potential, you actually start building wealth and catching up on the time you lost in grad school.

The Honeymoon Promo: Build Your Own Escape Plan

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(Note: This code automatically expires on April 12th when we fly home!)

The Blossom Update & A Massive Thank You

A massive thank you to everyone who downloaded the Blossom App and supported me during the March Creator Challenge! The results are officially in... and unfortunately, I didn't get accepted as one of the prize winners for the Apple product giveaways.

Because I didn't win, it means I won't be able to pass an iPad or AirPods on to one of you this time around. I am genuinely bummed about that, but I want to apologize and say how incredibly grateful I am for every single one of you who participated and rallied behind me. Thank you for showing up for this community!

If you still want to see the exact portfolio generating my dividends, you can continue to follow my journey on the app right here: 👉 download the app.

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Also, in full disclosure, please note, that I do earn a small monetary amount for each download

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If you are a practitioner looking to seamlessly integrate your health, your business, and your wealth, this is the virtual room you need to be in. I will be breaking down my top financial strategies specifically tailored for clinic owners.

If you are a practitioner looking to seamlessly integrate your health, your business, and your wealth, this is the room you need to be in. It is a 2-Day Virtual Retreat happening live online, and I will be breaking down some of my top financial strategies specifically tailored for clinic owners and healthcare pros.

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