Retirement Archives - The Happy Philosopher

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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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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The Effects of Tax Law Reform on Physicians and Other High Income Individuals

The Happy Philosopher — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 16:58:03 +0000

Tax Law and Weekend Call I sit down to write this a day after finishing a week of call. Honestly it wasn’t so bad. I’ve had many which were far more stressful and disruptive to my sleep patterns. But no matter how smooth my call weeks are, there is never a time I would rather …

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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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Case Study: A Military Doctor Can Retire Early. Should He?

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 03:48:42 +0000

Every now and then people email me and ask me for advice. Many of them are physicians who relate to my story and have thoughts of early retirement or some alternative plan other than “work until 65 and either die or golf every day”. I don’t really have time to give a complete and …

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Reflections on Pain: Part 2

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 20:08:04 +0000

Pain I just finished a stretch of three months of full-time work due to my partners’ maternity leave. It was a tough transition to be honest, but I adjusted to the busier life within a few weeks. The worst part about it though, was about half way through I tweaked my back which is still …

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Hanging Out With The Mad Fientist

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 03:22:59 +0000

He Blinded Me With “Fience” Last spring I found myself at Camp Mustache, a multi-day retreat centered on the ideas of the financial independence blogger Mr. Money Mustache, who writes about financial freedom and other related topics. I wrote about my experience there in this post. While I was drinking my coffee early one …

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Adventures in Full-Time Work

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:43:43 +0000

Adventures in full-time work I’ve been doing a part-time job share for almost 4 years now and have quite a few observations about work. If you are new to the blog, I’m a physician; a radiologist to be exact. My backstory is here if you are so inclined and have had enough coffee. …

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Do What You Want To

The Happy Philosopher — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 04:52:19 +0000

I didn’t feel like writing or editing anything fancy this week, but I wanted to give you something to consume heading into the weekend. This is one of my favorite videos that changed the way I think about career, happiness and general life philosophy. When we boil down life to the basics, it is …

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Dangers of Relying on the 4% Rule in Early Retirement Scenarios

The Happy Philosopher — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:13:21 +0000

Dreaming of Retirement I recently found myself on a beach in Maui. We had some airline vouchers we needed to use before they expired and decided Hawaii would be a great way to burn them (it was). As I laid there on the warm sand and listened to the ocean waves gently breaking on …

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