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

Fawcett’s Favorites 3-6-23

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 making small improvements lead to big gains, don’t fall prey to the insurance companies, advice from those who lived to be a … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 2-27-23

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 the keys to a successful retirement, being able to enjoy your retirement years, what does it take to retire right, how to loosen … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 2-20-23

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 tips on getting the right job the first time, twenty-one powerful experiments to simplify your life, why now is the best time to … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 2-13-23

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 profits from short term rentals may indeed be short term, being financially stable is so sexy, teaching your children about contentment, the risks … Read more

Six Years Retired from Surgery 

This month marks six years since I walked out of the hospital in Lebanon, Oregon, to the song 18 wheels and a dozen roses, by Kathy Mattea, after my final week of locum tenens work. I was reluctant about giving up surgery at age 54, wondering if we had enough passive income and retirement savings … Read more