One came from a well-funded practice in an affluent suburb.

The compensation would have made sense to the younger version of me who calculated student-loan interest during lectures.

The other was a position at a community clinic serving families who struggled with transportation, insurance paperwork, and care that had been delayed too long.

It paid less.

It also offered strong clinical supervision and a schedule that would let me keep learning.

I thought about accepting the first offer because I was afraid people would believe the inheritance had purchased the second decision.