Five Years Retired from Surgery

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A lot has happened in the last five years.

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I doubt most of us in the summer of 2017 were anticipating a global lockdown just three short years later, and yet here we are, getting to the other side of it. The market continued its amazing bull run even despite that. And many other unexpected events happened to all of us, surely.

Financial Success MD recently celebrated five years of retirement from his active practice, and looks back now on what has happened since then, what he has discovered, and a few surprises he encountered along the way. Enjoy today’s guest post.

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My Psyche

One of the biggest concerns I had when I retired was whether or not I would miss practicing medicine. Surprisingly, this has never been an issue. I developed a new passion for teaching physicians about personal finance and coaching them through tough times and transitions.

My new mission in life has kept me busy enough that I have not missed my life as a surgeon. In fact, it is hard to remember what that life was really like. Today I can’t imagine going back.

I am especially thankful that I was retired before the pandemic hit. Many doctors have faced tough times and I was very thankful I didn’t have to weather this storm.

It is very important to stay busy during retirement; boredom must be avoided, or it overturns the entire purpose of being retired and free. Even though I stay busy, I have especially enjoyed the flexibility in my new life to drop what I am doing and go do something fun when the opportunity arises.

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