Physician Lifestyle

Most physicians will go through numerous transitions in their careers. We all deal with the transition from med school to

This website, now in its 5th year, exists to help physicians and others improve their financial picture and overall wellness.

I am a firm believer that one should not insure something you can easily afford to replace. It’s just not

When I started applying to medical schools, I didn’t worry much about rejection. I thought I would write my own

Dr. Sarah Hart-Unger is a busy woman who wears many figurative hats. She’s a pediatric endocrinologist, residency program director, wife,

A recent guest post stirred up a surprising amount of emotions, assumptions, and accusations. Dr. Brent Lacey of The Scope

Physicians and other professionals are burning out at an alarming and unsustainable rate. Burnout solutions aren’t simple or easy to

In the summer of 2019, I retired from medicine and started slow traveling internationally with my family. I expected there

A regular reader of the blog reached out to me in his final year of residency, offering to anonymously but

That first attending paycheck doesn’t even seem real. $7,000? For one week?!? I started out doing nothing but locum tenens

I remember going from residency to real money quite well. The year was 2006. My last day of residency was

This timely post will show you how to donate appreciated assets from a Vanguard brokerage account to a donor advised

A reader who goes by TxBossFan reached out to me not long ago, asking to share some information he learned

Happy Giving Tuesday! A year ago, I penned a post entitled Help Me Give Away $10,000. To my surprise, that

Although I left medicine at a young age, I never felt that burnout was a primary motivating factor in that

Burnout is a hot topic among medical professionals. Some call it moral injury; others refer to it as a lack

Early in 2019, we heard the origin story of a 7-figure urologist. In that post, he focused on his upbringing,

Today’s Saturday Selection focuses on what has become the dream of more and more physicians. That is, to cut back

Are you actively looking for a job as a physician? The fall is a good time to be looking, as

“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.” -My Dad Sometimes, it’s just that simple. If you have a desire, you