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Running, Purpose, and Bears (Oh, my!)

The Happy Philosopher — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:38:49 +0000

As my feet rhythmically hit the belt of the treadmill, it briefly occurred to me this was perhaps the weirdest time to start my journey back to some sort or reasonable physical fitness. The treadmill was gently rocking side to side and I was looking out at an endless expanse of blue. I was running …

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Why A Physician Should Work Full-Time

The Happy Philosopher — Wed, 01 May 2019 03:06:07 +0000

As an evangelist of part-time work for physicians, I occasionally get an e-mail from a physician reader asking if cutting back on work is the right move for them. Often times they are early in their training, and I’m not sure how to respond. I feel conflicted. I know what is right for me, but …

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The Government Doesn’t Want you to Work (Too Much)

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 01:51:22 +0000

A feeling of dread suddenly came over me. The numbers just didn’t add up, yet I could not figure out where I went wrong. Maybe I typed something in wrong or missed a section, but everything looked more or less complete. Maybe I’m just getting too old for this and I should hire a trained …

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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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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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Adventures in Burnout: One Physician’s Story

The Happy Philosopher — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:24:32 +0000

[Editor’s note: I’m excited to share a guest post with you today from a virtual friend of mine, Vagabond MD. The author is a recovering private practice interventional radiologist (20+ years), a regular reader of my blog, an occasional guest blogger on various physician sites, and a prolific contributor on the White Coat Investor forum …

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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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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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A Physicians Guide to Working Part Time

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:56:15 +0000

Several months ago I stumbled upon a personal finance blog geared towards physicians and financial independence, two topics that are very relevant to my life. A series of posts there detail the financial lives of four fictional doctors and how their various financial decisions result in radical differences in retirement savings and age at which …

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