(Be sure you check out my latest Podcast appearance covering Designing Your Locum Tenens Life with Dr. Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez of The maxAllure Mastermind.) Next Monday many of us will take the day off to celebrate our country’s independence. Thank you to those who report for duty at hospitals around our country making it possible for … Read more
Retirement means something different to each of us. Some dream of all the fun they will have in retirement as if retirement is what life is all about. They live a life of self-imposed relative poverty to reach retirement quickly. Others spend all they earn as they earn it and don’t believe they will ever … Read more
Happy Father’s Day Week! I was recently reminiscing about my first year as a new grandfather. My wife and I have a lot of fun spending time with our grandson two days a week while his parents are at work. He is a joy to play with and he is learning new things daily. One … Read more
On Memorial Day we salute the men and women who have paid the ultimate price to defend our freedom. I would also like to say to their family members, I’m sorry for your loss. Thanks to all who have served our country. I am truly grateful for your service. Every week I find a few … Read more
Last March while we were traveling home in our RV from our snow birding trip to Mesa, Arizona, I turned sixty. On our way to Southern California to meet some friends, we stopped at a bakery to pick up a cake. We enjoyed celebrating my birthday that evening with our friends, but it didn’t set … Read more
(Today’s guest post comes from Patrick Bailey. Patrick writes in the field of mental health, addiction, and recovery. If debt seems to bug you, you will find this helpful) In a perfect world, you would never need to go into debt to buy a car or home, but the reality is that the cost of … Read more
A misconception is running around the financial world, that great sacrifice and delayed gratification is required to reach financial independence. This is simply not true. The reason so many feel becoming financially independent is a sacrifice, is the misguided notion that spending anything less than all you earn is somehow a great sacrifice. If I … Read more
We are all likely to be faced with deciding what to do with a financial windfall, and for many of us it may happen several times. For some it will be a small windfall like getting a tax refund you weren’t expecting or a yearend bonus. For others it could be a big windfall like … Read more
(Student loan payment moratorium extended to Aug 31) 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 recent event gave me goosebumps, never have a mortgage when you retire, nurses are … Read more
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 ten debt lessons from the NFL, the real scoop on sunscreen, when medical errors can send you to JAIL, a blue print for … Read more
