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FIRE Starter 014: Two Highly Motivated MDs

Today’s FIRE Starter interviewee is a fellow physician financial blogger with a family of four–and sometimes another–early in their career. … Read more

Post FI Notes 023: Freshly FIREd at Fifty-Seven

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He advanced in an engineering career while she put in more than four decades at the local candy store while … Read more

Post FI Notes 022: 2x FI and Working By Choice

This physician, with four children including two with special needs, retired earlier this year but takes on temporary assignments. With … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 035: Saving $50,000 a Month to Reach FI

Our interviewee today regularly saves mid-five figures every single month into taxable and wants an airplane. Along the way to … Read more

Post-FI Notes 021: A Super Successful Surgical Subspecialist

This Northeastern surgical subspecialist has cracked the eight-figure mark in net worth, with the majority of it in index funds. … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 034: Mid-40s with $4.2 Million Net Worth

We’re excited to present another FIRE Crossroads interview today. In it we find a married couple pulling down about $40,000 … Read more

Post FI Notes 20: Newly Retired and Traveling Like Mad!

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With two demanding careers and three kids at home, life looked a lot different for this couple just a few … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 033: Government-Issued Golden Handcuffs

Today’s dual-physician couple has not yet arrived at their crossroads, but they can see it if they zoom out far … Read more

Post FI Notes 019: $5 Million at 55 and Needing Guidance

One of my more popular blog posts covers 5 ways to retire with $5 million by age 55. Today’s interviewee … Read more

Post FI Notes 018: FI Within 5 Years of Fellowship

Some of us get earlier starts than others. Today’s interviewee went to a low-cost medical school in India, had a … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 032: Working Nights in Another State – A Sustainable Approach to FI?

The night shift can be difficult for many working parents to handle. As our interviewee today relates, working nights across … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 031: $1.1M With Two Pensions Pending

If they work until age 50, they’ll lock in lifelong pensions. That’s about 8 years away, and despite neither of … Read more

Post FI Notes 017: Couple in Mid-Sixties Seeking Nirvana

All Indian religions assert nirvana to be a state of perfect quietude, freedom, highest happiness as well as the liberation … Read more

FIRE Starter 013: Just Starting Out in Residency

Everyone has to start somewhere. That old adage still rings true: the best time to plant a tree was 20 … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 030: A Physician and Pharmacist are Almost There!

A watched pot never boils. And a watched investment account never grows. OK: that may be an overstatement, but today’s … Read more

FIRE Starter 012: Orthopedic Surgeon With a Lucrative Side Gig

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It’s often said that multiple streams of income are not only helpful, but perhaps necessary, for most folks to achieve … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 029: Two CRNAs Seeking Work-Life Balance

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Striking that elusive perfect balance between your job and career … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 028: Geoarbitraging to Partial FIRE

How much of a difference does your area’s cost of living make to your financial independence? That’s the question our … Read more

Post FI Notes 016: In Control of Your Time and Your Wealth

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One of the big keys to financial independence is the control you regain over your own life and affairs. No … Read more

FIRE Crossroads 027: Perhaps FI, Perhaps Not, But Working Toward It

There is considerable polite argument in retirement and financial planning circles about just how much is “enough” to retire. Can … Read more

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