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2018
Early Retirement and the Growth Mindset
By the time you read this post, I will be in the hot seat. I will be in a hotel somewhere, away from my home, waiting to get up in front of hundreds of doc...
Financial Independence and the Lost Generation
There was a time when I was the youngest guy in the room. I confidently walked into every meeting as the youthful doctor. In my early thirties. All the ho...
The Beauty of No Debt
I am a big fan of second generation FI. I believe the knowledge and financial savvy we develop should be passed on to our children. The major method to acc...
Financial Independence Failures
I think the biggest problem facing the financial independence/retire early community is lack of proof of concept. There are many people out there talking ab...
The Mechanics of Half Retirement
As I’ve stated before, I am all about the philosophy of financial independence. The so called *why of FI*. Thus, I have warned readers not to expect to rea...
Because of My Father, Yin and Yang
When you lose a parent during childhood, it effects just about everything you become. Decisions about life naturally stem from enduring this trauma. Some t...
Death or Early Retirement
I choose early retirement! All joking aside, my father died at the age of forty unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. He never had the chance to contemplate ...
Financial and Emotional Crossroads
I have been writing a lot about the future of the financial independence movement lately. I have described what I think is the financial independence 2.0 er...
The Future of the Financial Independence Movement
In yesterday’s post I talked about pivoting towards financial independence 2.0. This pivot involves moving away from the mechanics of FI and towards philoso...
Financial Independence 2.0
I have been writing a lot recently about finding our unique purpose, identity, and connection in the world. In fact, I have gone so far as to ask if financi...
Embrace The Fear
I recently posted about the medicine fear factor. Medicare, legal concerns, and worries about patients create a constant source of angst among doctors from ...
Managing Your Money
It was Captain DIY who said it. I looked up at him across the table questioningly and repeated his words. *Managing your money is like plugging a desk lamp...
Be Vulnerable
There are so many things that I could tell you to be. Be brave. Because change and opportunity are scary and fear is a natural precursor to achievement. B...
Financial Independence is Sorta Irrelevant
I have said many times in the past that financial independence is Plan B. An escape hatch when Plan A runs awry. Plan A is life. It’s the purpose, identit...
Return On Investment
Whether speculation or investment, stock market or real estate, we all are in search of the best return on investment. Whether we are investing time or mone...
In Defense of Active Income
We love to opine on passive income. Whether it be side hustles, investing in the market, or real estate, there is no bigger more audacious dream than reapin...
Real Estate is an Add On
I own four properties. I have built up this portfolio over years. My goal was never to be a real estate mogul. In fact, I think that lifestyle would be re...
The Buy/Sell Equation
As you have already read, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about scaling back on my clinical practice. Such thoughts naturally lead me to questio...
The Perpetual Coffee Machine
While at CampFI this month, my brother came up with the idea of the perpetual coffee machine. Kind of like the perpetual money machine, but not really. You...
Redefining Financial Independence
There are may arguments out there about the best path to reaching FI. Some are enamored with frugality while others preach to the god of W2 wages. There ar...
Two Steps From Crazy
I suspect that at any given time I am about two steps from crazy. Thus I have found it beneficial to fashion my own leash to allow only one more step. You ...
The Writing Stuff
I’m not a big fan of writing about life hacks. You won’t see many *how to* posts on this blog with the exception of real estate. Part of the reason is that ...
Day Two CampFI
Returning to you again form Marine St Croix, Minnesota. Please see yesterday’s post for a wrap up of day one. Day Two of CampFI started with a jog with som...
Day One CampFI
My blog post comes to you today from Marine St Croix Minnesota where I am attending CampFI Midwest. Although way to early for a roundup (I haven’t heard any...