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Water and Fish

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:26:22 +0000

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What …

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Searching for Purpose

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:57:55 +0000

I was sitting on a bench just enjoying the beautiful fall day. It was sunny and warm, or perhaps I was warm due to the semi-vigorous bike ride. Every now and then a cloud would briefly cover the sun or a gentle breeze would throw a slight chill in the air, a reminder that eventually …

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You Are Probably Wrong About Everything

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:28:05 +0000

One day, back when I was relatively young and naïve, I was watching an episode of 60 minutes. I’m sure you have probably seen this show at least once, but in case you haven’t it is a news program that does relatively in depth stories on various topics. I used to watch these kinds of …

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How to Make Financial Mistakes and Still Achieve Financial Freedom

The Happy Philosopher — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:02:44 +0000

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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Keeping Score

The Happy Philosopher — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:42:40 +0000

I was watching my daughter play a soccer game. It was indoor soccer, as outdoor soccer is moderately miserable to completely impossible in the winter or early spring. The games are quick and everyone has a lot of fun. Someone scored a goal and everyone cheered. As I was taking a sip of beer a …

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Case Study: Should I Keep Working Even Though I’m Financially Independent?

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:38:30 +0000

Today I have a case study that delves into many important questions about early retirement, financial freedom and the morality of work. I started interacting with this doc via email and knew I needed to use his case as a starting point for many issues I’ve been wanting to write about for a while now. …

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Get the Big Things Right

The Happy Philosopher — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:02:51 +0000

The other day I was chatting with a friend who was passing through town. He, his wife and toddler were currently homeless. Not in the cardboard box under the bridge sense, but simply chronic nomads. It was a wonderful life of travel and adventure, but with another child on the way they were thinking of …

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The Happy Philosopher Visits the ChooseFI Podcast

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 04:16:52 +0000

Shortly after I was on the Mad Fientist’s podcast, Brad and Jonathan from the Choose FI podcast reached out to me. You see, they also have a podcast exploring aspects of financial independence, and after listening to me and Brandon chat for a bit, they still had questions. They wanted to dive into some of …

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Hitting the Reset Button

The Happy Philosopher — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:44:57 +0000

You may have noticed I have not published much on the blog recently. Truth be told, I am in a bit of a funk right now. I don’t feel particularly creative, and although I have plenty of time to write, I find myself wasting time on other things. I have let many bad habits creep …

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Stacking Functions

The Happy Philosopher — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:54:22 +0000

Everything we do has a cost in terms of time, money or energy. This concept of opportunity cost is an important one. The more efficiently we use our resources, the more we have available for other things. In this way efficiency is an important tool we use to increase our freedom. I loosely define …

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