Financial Independence and the Lost Generation
The Lost Generation There was a time when I was the youngest guy in the room. I confidently walked into every meeting as the youthful doctor. In my early thirties. All the hospice personnel and...
Monthly Archive: September 2018
The Beauty of No Debt
The Beauty of No Debt I am a big fan of second generation FI. I believe the knowledge and financial savvy we develop should be passed on to our children. The major method to...
Financial Independence Failures
Financial Independence Failures I think the biggest problem facing the financial independence/retire early community is lack of proof of concept. There are many people out there talking about early retirement, but very few who...
The Mechanics of Half Retirement
Half Retirement As I’ve stated before, I am all about the philosophy of financial independence. The so called why of FI. Thus, I have warned readers not to expect to read much here about...
Because of My Father, Yin and Yang
Because of My Father When you lose a parent during childhood, it effects just about everything you become. Decisions about life naturally stem from enduring this trauma. Some try to form families early and...
Death or Early Retirement
Death or Early Retirement I choose early retirement! All joking aside, my father died at the age of forty unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. He never had the chance to contemplate such ephemeral dreams...
Financial and Emotional Crossroads
Financial and Emotional Crossroads I have been writing a lot about the future of the financial independence movement lately. I have described what I think is the financial independence 2.0 era and what embracing...
The Future of the Financial Independence Movement
The Future of the Financial Independence Movement In yesterday’s post I talked about pivoting towards financial independence 2.0. This pivot involves moving away from the mechanics of FI and towards philosophy. Financial freedom is...
Financial Independence 2.0
Financial Independence 2.0 I have been writing a lot recently about finding our unique purpose, identity, and connection in the world. In fact, I have gone so far as to ask if financial independence...
Embrace The Fear
Embrace The Fear I recently posted about the medicine fear factor. Medicare, legal concerns, and worries about patients create a constant source of angst among doctors from the day they graduate medical school. Fear...
