May 2018 archive

Reflections of a Millennial Doctor: Burnout

One of the wonderful things about having a blog is stumbling upon other peoples writing. A few months ago I discovered another blogger writing about burnout and I was intrigued. Her name is ‘M’ and she writes at https://reflectionsofamillennialdoctor.com.  I love her writing, and after reading a few posts I  immediately reached out to her …

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How to Make Financial Mistakes and Still Achieve Financial Freedom

How to make financial mistakes and still achieve financial freedom   I love to read blogs about personal finance, especially as they relate to financial independence and early retirement. When I was going through burnout very early in my radiology career, much of the inspiration, tools and tactics I used came from stories of ordinary …

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Buy Nothing 2018 Experiment – April Update

Failure The problem with a buy nothing experiment where only one member of the family is participating (me) is that many of the purchasing decisions are really made by the family (and by family I mean Mrs. Happy Philosopher). Sometimes it is hard to assign a purchase to one person or the other. I could …

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