Fawcett’s Favorites 4-10-23

Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include what life is like six years after retiring from surgery, seven micro habits that can change your life, 101 financial quotes to inspire … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 4-3-23

Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include: is the unsinkable medical profession about to sink like the Titanic; is $200,000 a good annual income; how to stop being broke; the … Read more

Understanding the Backdoor Roth IRA

A backdoor Roth IRA is a great additional retirement savings plan for high earning professionals. Since I get many questions on how to make a backdoor Roth IRA contribution, I thought it would be good to help set the record straight and explain the Backdoor Roth IRA rules and answer the common questions that confuse … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 3-27-23

Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include three apps for single doctors looking for the perfect mate, defining assets and liabilities and why your home is not an asset, debunking … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 3-20-23

Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include what happened to Silicon Valley Bank, is professional courtesy dead, ways even a physicians can save money on groceries, how to master living … Read more

Many Physicians Waste Their Vacation Time

With burn out rampant in the physician community, you would think physicians would cherish their vacation time. Since vacation is a time to take a break from our normal routine and recharge our body battery, we should come back from our vacations rested and ready to work again. But many physicians don’t get any rest … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 3-13-23

Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include how much money does it take to live in New York, a check list for those retiring soon, why margin of error might … Read more

A Surgeon’s Thoughts on Turning 61

This month I celebrate my 61st birthday. This birthday marks the first time I really considered the concept of my time on earth running low. Exactly how much time do I have left to do all the things I still have on my bucket list? Will I see my grandsons graduate from college? Will I … Read more