Are We Stuck in the Accumulation Phase?
Are We Stuck in the Accumulation Phase? According to traditional thinking, the arc of our wealth should be in a Bell shaped curve. At the lowly beginnings, money is but a far off dream,...
Monthly Archive: June 2018
Success Is not the Best End Game
Success is not the Best End Game I wasn’t going to write this post. Waking up this morning, my list of possible blog topics was taking me in a completely different direction. But then...
Is Frugality a Tool?
Is Frugality a Tool? I have been pondering as of late why our community sometimes feels close minded. We, as a group, are not always open to the idea of luxury purchases. In many...
Doubling Down and Failing Forward
Doubling Down and Failing Forward As a personal finance blogger, physician, and entrepreneur, I have spent much time contemplating the keys to success. Success in finances. Success in business. What is the secret sauce...
The Five Stages of Coping With Financial Independence
The Five Stages of Coping With Financial Independence I stumbled and I bumbled. I staggered and I sputtered. And then I fell down a hole. A dark chasm. With neither sight nor sound, debased...
The Opportunity Cost Fallacy
The Opportunity Cost Fallacy I have written before about how the financial independence community can be somewhat close minded. This is no more apparent than when discussing luxury spending. Post in a local forum...
When Enough Isn’t Enough
When Enough Isn’t Enough I never had enough. Connor vaguely heard the words as they spilled out of his grandfather, the patriarch’s mouth, and formed a forgotten puddle on the unforgiving linoleum. He sighed...
Do You Run a Financially Independent Business?
Do You Run a Financially Independent Business? Although I would never describe the business of primary care medicine as cutting edge, there are a number of innovations that have come and gone during my short...
The Once I Have Syndrome
The Once I Have Syndrome There was once a little boy who looked longingly at the immense, vast world and wondered about all its uncertainty. Like most young children, he wanted nothing more than...
The Money Mind Meld
The Money Mind Meld Financial independence didn’t come easy to me. Although the actual fiscal transition was quite by accident, the emotional awakening was anything but smooth. Upon making the earth shattering discovery that...
