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

Fawcett’s Favorites 12-19-22

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 why every physician should own a timeshare for travel hacks, self-funding long term care, twelve rules to break on your path to wealth … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 12-12-22

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 pay off debt vs invest, how much does it take to be happy in retirement, nurse practitioners have worse outcomes at a higher … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 12-5-22

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 reasons to be grateful to be a physician, why being too frugal can hurt you, how to build inevitable wealth, retiring into uncertainty, … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 11-21-22

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 to logically get a grip on debt, physicians are only secure for 90 days, seven simple things to ask yourself before purchasing … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 11-7-22

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 Pink Floyd knew about living life to its fullest today, cash management in early retirement, scary money facts, five money mistakes to … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 10-31-22

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 does success look like for you, ways to connect with your family, how to bribe your kids to do what you want, … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 10-24-22

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 healthy retirement habits, financial independence without delayed gratification, how proper asset allocation will help you sleep, getting off the hedonic treadmill, and how … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 10-10-22

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 are physicians bad people if they retire before they die, is artificial intelligence more dangerous than nukes as Elon Musk predicts, four physicians … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 9-26-22

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 25 ways to show your spouse respect, contract red flags, what doctors should know about emergency funds, debunking seven myths overheard in the … Read more