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2019 (3)

March 20 How Can Parents Improve Their Kid’s Financial Literacy at a Young Age?
January 24 Life Changes and the benefits of financial stability
January 2 “A Doctor’s Guide To” Series Book Review

2018 (62)

December 18 The Minimalist Home
December 3 Buy Nothing New- Month 11
November 8 Time Off – The Benefits of being Financially Secure
November 2 Buy Nothing New- Month 10
October 25 Two Year Blogiversary
October 9 1 year after the Tubb’s Fire, from good to great
October 1 Buy Nothing New- Month 9
September 26 Debt and various options to get out of it
September 9 Financially Empowered: A Book Review
September 3 Buy Nothing New – Month 8
August 24 Time to Get Uncluttered
August 20 Midlife crisis?
August 13 Car buying…the best way possible
August 6 In case of emergency….
August 4 Interview with the Wealth Hound
August 1 Buy Nothing New- Month 7
July 27 Building a home cost update
July 20 Costs of building a home
July 11 Interview on Financial Health and Wealth
July 3 Guest Post- Saving For Retirement
July 1 Buy Nothing New- Month 6
June 29 Guest Post on The Happy Philosopher – Losing Everything
June 28 How To Build Your Savings? Step-by-Step Guide
June 18 Living smaller
June 17 Options for living after a fire
June 16 Guest post on Think, Save, Retire – Living post-fire
June 15 Financial recommendations for someone making $50,000 a year!
June 14 Living in a boat
June 13 Home building insanity
June 12 Reservations…
June 11 Give something up to gain something
June 10 Black mirror
June 9 Money
June 8 Being prolific and anxiety
June 4 Buy Nothing New- update Month 5
May 28 Freedom Formula For Physician’s Podcast
May 21 Home Insurance 101!
May 14 Fidelity Index Funds Three-Fund Portfolio
May 7 Steps to building a home- Part 1
April 30 Buy Nothing New Update- Month 4
April 23 We are building a home!
April 14 Make efficient Roth conversion and optimize taxes
April 7 Buy nothing new update- Month 3
March 30 3 Major causes of financial stress and how to get out of it
March 24 Happy new year- Nowrooz is upon us
March 17 How to retrieve all of your vital documents
March 10 Fire your financial advisor
March 3 Buy nothing new update- Month 2
February 24 Guest post on Financial Samurai- Home Insurance
February 24 Underware! Teaching kids about money.
February 23 What I will teach my son about medicine!
February 19 My First Mistake
February 17 Best Methods For Picking Financial Products in 2018
February 12 Love And Marriage (And Money)
February 10 Living intentionally
February 5 The Financial Folly of the U.S. Healthcare System
February 3 Buy Nothing Update – Month 1
January 27 Funding a Fidelity Backdoor Roth IRA – a Step by Step Guide
January 20 Worrying about holiday debt? 9 Ways to get out of it
January 13 Break on through to the other side – life philosophies
January 10 Buying nothing for 1 year- That’s the plan
January 6 Leaving clinical medicine- An Interview

2017 (117)

December 27 Hump Day December 27, 2017
December 23 5 Ways to Start a Nest Egg While You’re Still A Resident
December 20 Hump Day – December 20, 2017
December 16 I won the lottery! Holy $$$$
December 13 Hump Day – December 13, 2017
December 9 International Domestic Travel
December 6 Hump Day- December 6th, 2017
December 2 Year End Tax Planning Strategies
November 30 The Day After Hump Day – November 30, 2017
November 25 8 Strategies to Live Within Your Means to Become Debt Free
November 23 Grateful
November 18 Congrats! You’re a parent…now what?
November 15 Hump Day November 15th, 2017
November 11 The Good, the Bad, the Ugly- Forced minimalism
November 9 Christopher Guest Post- Physician on Fire
November 8 Hump Day- November 8th, 2017
November 3 Should high earners register with FEMA?
November 1 Being debtless? Not possible…
October 29 Uncertainty, not insecurity
October 25 Blogiversary! Is that what it is called? Anyway this site is 1 years old.
October 20 Almost 2 weeks later – Tubbs Fire
October 18 The day after evacuation: A natural disaster checklist
October 14 Tubb’s Fire 10/9/17- A sudden evacuation
October 11 Hump Day – October 11th, 2017
October 7 Doctors: Your online reputation is a bigger problem than you think
October 4 Hump Day – October 4, 2017
September 27 Hump Day- September 27, 2017
September 23 What my toddler taught me about the stock market
September 20 Hump Day- September 20, 2017
September 14 The cost of private education
September 13 Hump Day- September 13, 2017
September 6 Hump day September 6th, 2017
September 2 Homeownership- A case study
August 30 Hump Day- August 30, 2017
August 26 One house, one spouse, one job
August 23 Hump Day- August 23, 2017
August 19 DIY Fail
August 16 Hump day- August 16, 2017
August 15 DDD’s FIRE PROWESS
August 12 Stop telling me to buy a home for the tax benefits!
August 10 The day after hump day- August 10, 2017
August 9 100th post- Starting a blog!
August 5 Start a taxable investment account
August 2 Hump Day – August 2nd, 2017
July 29 Non-traded REITS
July 26 Hump Day – July 26, 2017
July 22 DDD Drawdown plan- Living with a pension
July 19 Hump Day – July 19, 2017
July 15 A letter to my widow
July 12 Hump Day- July 12, 2017
July 8 Real cost of home ownership
July 5 Hump Day- July 5th, 2015
July 1 Paying off debt as asset protection
June 30 Pseudo hump day: Articles from this week
June 28 Today I am featured on The White Coat Investor
June 24 How to feel rich when you’re the brokest person in the room
June 21 Hump Day – June 21, 2017
June 17 Max out your tax advantaged retirement accounts
June 14 Hump Day June 14, 2017
June 10 Being in private practice makes me a better doctor
June 7 Hump Day June 7th, 2017
June 5 6 Strategies young doctors should follow for financial wellness
June 3 A rednecks guide to financial freedom
May 31 Hump Day- May 31, 2017
May 29 Low spending month- Week 4
May 27 Physician home loans
May 24 Hump Day May 24, 2017
May 22 Low spending month- Week 3
May 20 Finance books for recent grads
May 17 Hump day- Wednesday May 17, 2017
May 15 Low spending month- Week 2
May 12 Bad mother’s day gift ideas…from the Chief Mom Officer
May 10 Hump Day – May 10th, 2017
May 9 Low spending month- Week 1
May 4 An evaluation of our monthly expenses
May 3 Hump Day May 3, 2017
May 2 Negotiating- we should all be better at it
April 27 Taking retirement breaks
April 26 Hump day- April 26, 2017
April 25 SWOT It Up. Reflecting on my decision to move to Cali!
April 20 A gap year away from medicine: Posted on Physician on Fire today
April 19 Hump Day – April 19th, 2017
April 18 Spring Cleaning Life Edition- A time for reflection
April 13 The early retiree, mindful or just a jerk?
April 12 Hump Day – April 12, 2017
April 11 Smart people should have a long term plan
April 6 Get you some insurance
April 5 Hump day – April 5th, 2017
April 3 Embracing contentment
March 30 My love affair with Southwest Airlines
March 29 Hump day- March 29, 2017
March 28 Giving up email on my phone improved my life
March 23 IRA wants you…so don’t deny her!
March 22 Hump Day – March 22, 2017
March 21 I am a hypocrite!
March 16 And now for the requisite tracking net worth post…
March 15 Hump day – March 15, 2017
March 14 Setting up a budget
March 9 Debt is the great equalizer
March 7 4 month blog review! What I have learned? A lot of….
March 2 My first 4 months with a blog- Site stats review
February 28 Putting assets into a Living Revocable Trust
February 23 DIY Nanny Taxes
February 21 Is it worth buying a home warranty?
February 16 Entropy: Nothing is permanent
February 14 Take a step back and breathe
February 9 Sunk Cost Fallacy
February 7 The Fiduciary Rule goes the way of the Dodo Bird
February 2 Planting trees!
January 26 How many kids ??!!??
January 24 For physicians is an emergency fund really necessary?
January 19 Money mistakes I have made
January 17 Debt versus investing: A simple solution!
January 12 Moderatism versus minimalism?
January 10 California taxes, are they the highest in the country?
January 5 Decluttering your email is part of decluttering your life
January 3 A little hunger is a good thing

2016 (20)

December 29 Asset Allocation
December 27 Getting the house in order- Personal finance
December 22 Why financial freedom?
December 20 Why we are not watching our budget any longer
December 13 Why I went with a 7 year adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) for my home
December 8 Setting up a Revocable Living Trust with LegalZoom
December 6 The cost of infertility- Part 2- In vitro fertilization
December 1 The cost of Adoption
November 29 The cost of infertility- Part 1
November 24 Grateful on Thanksgiving
November 22 Is a Roth 401K the right choice?
November 17 Debt destruction- How we improved our net worth by nearly $100,000 in 18 months
November 15 Tony Robbins: Money Review
November 10 On fathering – Five reasons it is awesome
November 8 On doctoring – Ten reasons it is an awesome career
November 3 Buying a home is rough
November 2 Work for freedom…
October 30 To buy or not to buy a home
October 26 Money can’t buy sunshine
October 26 Fun for free