Moving Towards Life Work Balance
Moving Towards Life Work balance I like work. I really do. Although I have been talking up my half retirement, there is a reason I am not going the full monty. I derive pleasure...
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How This Physician Escaped Medicare
How Does a Physician Escape Medicare? I have a confession to make. I have been planning my escape since the first day I set foot in the office as an attending physician. The writing...
Building a Perpetual Money Machine
Perpetual Money Machine You too can have a perpetual money machine, but you have to build it. There are no short cuts. There are no easy pathways short of speculation. Whether investment or career...
Is Paying For Financial Advice a Luxury?
Is Paying For Financial Advice a Luxury? I have gleefully retold the story of why I fired my previous financial advisor. On the other hand, I have also memorialized the loss of a friend...
Habit is the Yellow Brick Road
Habit is the Yellow Brick Road Although hard to believe, financial independence has never been a goal of mine. In fact, I had no idea what it even was till recently. Although I had...
The Best Financial Plans Have Four Legs
The Best Financial Plans Have Four Legs Although I talked about side hustles as a form of diversification in my last post, often when we use the D word, eyes glaze over. Although a...
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...
Are The Extras Holding You Back?
Are The Extras Holding You Back? Have you ever heard a financial independence enthusiast use the term I pay extra for that? I pay extra for childcare, or I pay extra for a cleaning...
Why Real Estate Crowdfunding May Fit Your Portfolio
Why Real Estate Crowdfunding May Fit Your Portfolio (Todays guest post if from Soren Godbersen a sponsor of Diversefi.com.) Real estate crowdfunding has been around since the JOBS Act of 2012, but the...
Tell Yourself The Right Story
Tell Yourself The Right Story We tell ourselves the stories about our life that make it bearable. Or better yet, magical. Mystical. When my father died when I was eight years old, there were...
