The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading pleasure.

Every week, I scan hundreds of headlines, read dozens of posts, and bring you the best of the best to save you time and mental energy.

Financial Independence (FI) is a primary focus, but it’s an awfully broad topic. I tend to approach FI and early retirement from a fatFIRE perspective and through the lens of a physician, so I expect to see those biases in the selected articles.

Related topics that have become recurrent themes include early retirement, selective frugality, tax issues, travel, physician issues, and investing.

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The Sunday Best (04/21/2024)

Getting through med school and practicing medicine is a massive feat, but will not protect you from financial errors. We’ve all swallowed a couple of bitter pills over the years and the Prudent Plastic Surgeon advises you not to make these financial mistakes. 

One of those financial mistakes is undermining the impact of inflation on your groceries, rent, and purchasing power among others. Here’s Ben Carlson’s podcast on The Psychology of Inflation. 

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But here’s the thing about money and wealth; will it ever be enough? If you’re unraveling the same question, Allie Volpe has something to say about how our obsession with self-improvement is making us miserable. 

Supply chains, a global pandemic, and natural disasters all in one, surprising place; Is Auto Insurance Becoming a Crisis? 

Speaking of insurance, how’s that healthcare looking? Not too shabby or did we have trouble picking one? Here’s Our (Ridiculously Simple) Method for Choosing the Right Healthcare Plan For You.

Tune into the White Coat Investor’s podcast on the gender financial literacy gap and the lack of female representation in the finance industry with Britt Williams Baker.

For a much-needed myth busting session, look at what Dr. Jim Dahle has to say about Why ‘You Don’t Lose Money Until You Sell’ Is Bunk.

Plan a strategy to grow your income with A Deep Dive on Dividend Investing as we talk about strategy, compounding dividends, and long term dividend stocks. 

You’ve heard FIRE but what’s FAT FI? Brad Barret keeps it short and sweet in Compounding In Real Life, What is Fat FI?

The guide of all guides; supplemental cash flows, withdrawal rates, and yields. Here’s why The 4% Rule Works.

A story worth reading on why you need to file for Social Security earlier than most do. Don’t Delay, writes James McGlynn.

Once again, on the subjective nature of human happiness; will following the traditional grad school to corporate job pipeline do it for you? Or like the millennials giving up threat race, Should You Aspire to the “Soft Life?”

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