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The More You Know
It wasn’t just a catchy social public service announcement series on NBC for a couple of decades. The more you … Read more
Jorge Sanchez, MD
12 Rules to Break on Your Path to Wealth AND Happiness
For every rule, there is an exception. And some rules are meant to be broken. Sometimes having good rules of … Read more
What’s Keeping You From Your Dream Life?
The brain is a miraculous thing. I remember reading that if you think about an outcome you want to have … Read more
Rich Friends, Poor Friends
My mother always used to tell me, you are the company you keep. If you hang around with troublemakers as … Read more
Business Card Smackdown: Ink Business Cash vs. Ink Business Unlimited
Chase’s Ink Business credit card line-up has something for everyone with a total of four cards offered. For those interested … Read more
Is There An Ideal Age To Retire?
Some of us are naturally drawn to optimizing things. Can your retirement date be one of those things? There are … Read more
Family vs. Work: The Everlasting Struggle for Balance
The word balance implies that there are multiple forces and weights pulling and pushing at different and sometimes opposite ends … Read more
The Joy of Spending My Money Guilt-Free
Frugality is hard habit — for some, it’s hard to learn, and for others, it’s hard to break. A lifetime, … Read more
Five Big Reasons to Retire Often
Retirement doesn’t have to be a cliff. You know, the edge of something, where you jump off and never climb … Read more
Debunking 7 Financial Myths Overheard in the Doctors’ Lounge
There is a lot of advice out there, and a lot of it is wrong. Financial myths abound everywhere – … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 036: FI at 45 With a One-Fund Portfolio
Today’s interviewee is a young 45, has a single fund in his portfolio, and has an extremely low withdrawal rate … Read more
How to Reduce the Risk of Investing in Passive Real Estate
In any investment, there is risk involved. Without risk, there wouldn’t be possible returns. Real estate can be viewed as … Read more
Lessons Learned From 4 Years Outside the Maze
Life’s been a real mixture of things for today’s poster. He reached financial independence and retired four years ago, and … Read more
Post FI Notes 024: Retired Cardiologist Combatting Boredom
Our couple today is made up of a retired cardiologist alongside his retired office billing manager, retiring to sunny Florida … Read more
Retirement Catch-Up Contributions — It’s Not Too Late
Getting older comes with a lot of disadvantages – joint pain, stiffness, a cranky attitude among others – but it … Read more
Retiring Right
There’s retiring, and then there’s retiring. It’s a simple (if not easy) enough matter to quit your job and live … Read more
The Best Single Credit Card Solution?
If you’re a credit card maven, you may have as many as a dozen different cards. And you might have … Read more
The SECURE Act 2.0: Important Considerations for Physicians
Some more sausage was made at the very end of last year in our esteemed houses of Congress: the SECURE … Read more
The Most Important Variables in the FIRE Equation
Retiring early and becoming financially independent is a good goal. But most goals aren’t achieved unless you map out a … Read more
Why You Should Never Retire
Given the name of this site, Physician on FIRE, you might well come away with the impression that I am … Read more