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4 Physicians 2021: Dr. A & the Impact of Working After FI

In the updated Tale of 4 Physicians 2021, we analyzed the impact of different spending budgets on wealth creation. Each … Read more

If you’re a physician and you truly hate your job, there’s a very high probability that you’re burned out. Dr. … Read more

I recently took a deep dive into the finances of four imaginary but realistic physicians in A Tale of 4 … Read more

In January of 2016, a week after this website was launched, I first published the original Tale of 4 Physicians. … Read more

A young Dr. Findley, the inexplicable fifth of our four physicians, once dreamed of having $10 million. He wasn’t sure … Read more

Today, I’d like to introduce a fifth physician, Dr. Findley. This physician shares a few qualities with our other 4 … Read more

In each of our previous looks at the 4 physicians, each doctor had a baseline salary of $300,000. We looked … Read more

It’s time to revisit the spendthrift Dr. Dahlgren again. In our last round of puppeteering, Dr. D had a wakeup … Read more

The last time we revisited Dr. Carlson, we explored the impact of a higher salary and learned that a 33% … Read more

This is going to be an unpleasant look at one of our beloved 4 physicians as he goes through the … Read more

Today, we’ll add another chapter to the saga of the 4 Physicians. We’ve already explored the benefits of Dr. Anderson … Read more

It’s time to tinker with the hypothetical life of another one of our 4 physician friends. Doctors Anderson, Benson, and … Read more

It’s time to revisit another of our 4 physicians. We’ve seen what might happen if Dr. Anderson keeps working while … Read more

In the Tale of 4 Physicians, we analyzed the impact of different spending budgets on wealth creation. Each of our … Read more

Let’s consider 4 physicians who live decidedly different lifestyles in terms of spending. I like to crunch numbers, and the … Read more