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Retirement
As you plan for retirement, it’s important to look at Social Security benefits from a new perspective. Rather than simply
Only 39% of adults saving for retirement started in their 20s. Everyone else is starting to save much later in
We’re delighted to welcome back a guest author who, less than two years ago, was an Emergency Medicine attending wrestling
Whether you are on the way to FIRE, you’ve already arrived at the destination, or you’re trying to explain what
Accumulating is simple. It might not be easy, and requires some sacrifice along the way, but it isn’t complex. Pile
There is a lot of retirement advice out there. Some of it is even good. But for average folks, what
Planning for retirement spending is more complex than figuring how much you want to (or are able to) spend each
So you’re just beginning your career as a physician or medical professional. Yes, you, the one wearing that smile from
It has been six years since our poster today retired from his medical career. What has he learned? Does he
For every rule, there is an exception. And some rules are meant to be broken. Sometimes having good rules of
Some of us are naturally drawn to optimizing things. Can your retirement date be one of those things? There are
Retirement doesn’t have to be a cliff. You know, the edge of something, where you jump off and never climb
Today’s interviewee is a young 45, has a single fund in his portfolio, and has an extremely low withdrawal rate
Life’s been a real mixture of things for today’s poster. He reached financial independence and retired four years ago, and
Our couple today is made up of a retired cardiologist alongside his retired office billing manager, retiring to sunny Florida
Getting older comes with a lot of disadvantages – joint pain, stiffness, a cranky attitude among others – but it
There’s retiring, and then there’s retiring. It’s a simple (if not easy) enough matter to quit your job and live
You want to become financially independent. Who wouldn’t? Financial independence (FI) is a life status everyone should strive to achieve,
Retiring early and becoming financially independent is a good goal. But most goals aren’t achieved unless you map out a
Given the name of this site, Physician on FIRE, you might well come away with the impression that I am