FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early
High-income physicians are among the most educated professionals in the country. They’re also, statistically, among the most consistent overpayers of ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-04-14
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Physician on Fire
A recap from the week: Gas prices posted their largest monthly jump on record, pushing U.S. inflation to a two-year ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-04-12
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Physician on Fire
My family was in Florida on spring break this past week. One day I was walking to get something from ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-04-10
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Physician on Fire
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #169 Here are some things I really like and that you might too! **Note To My Readers – I sometimes get complaints about ads on my blog (too many). I’m kind of... The post T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 169 appeared first on Accidental...
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Published on: 2026-04-10
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Accidental Fire
Physician conversations around money and saving almost always circle back to how doctors are notoriously spendthrift and “bad” with money. ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-04-07
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Physician on Fire
Hey Everyone! I’m still here. The Retire by 40 blog is on life support, but I’m committed to posting at least once per month this year. Did you know Retire by 40 will be 16 years old soon? Wow, that’s a long time to be blogging. Interestingly, I was an...
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Published on: 2026-04-06
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Retire by 40
The best gift money gives you is not having to think about money. Once you activate the “not needing any ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-04-05
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Physician on Fire
I’ve a bit of an issue with chocolate. More precisely, I’m a chocoholic. Love the damned stuff with a passion ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-04-03
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Physician on Fire
“The 1%” sounds like an abstraction. It’s something economists argue about on cable news. But if you’re a physician, you ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-03-31
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Physician on Fire
Doctors spend a decade in training to earn a high income…only to turn around and spend the next three decades ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-03-30
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Physician on Fire
Radiology is a field optimized for human replacement, where digital inputs, pattern recognition tasks, and clear benchmarks predominate. If the ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-03-29
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Physician on Fire
A reader asks: I need Ben’s take on the viral NYT story about the “middle class” couple who make $500k ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-03-27
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Physician on Fire
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #168 Here are some things I really like and that you might too! **Note To My Readers – I sometimes get complaints about ads on my blog (too many). I’m kind of... The post T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 168 appeared first on Accidental...
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Published on: 2026-03-27
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Accidental Fire
With the emotional rollercoaster of Match Day behind us, let’s move on to the financial decisions that need to happen ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-03-26
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Physician on Fire
Congress named this one with confidence. The One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law on July 4, 2025, runs over ... Read more...
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Published on: 2026-03-24
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Physician on Fire
For years on this blog I mined the official U.S. Census Bureau income data every September and took the time to format it and map it. Examples can be seen here, here, and here. Mapping, more specifically geographic information systems... The post What Was The Median Household Income In America...
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Published on: 2026-03-20
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* This is a long post but I do have an announcement so it wasn’t clickbait 🙂 If you’ve spent time reading online today is highly likely you read something 100% generated by a computer with no human involved. If... The post Where Art Goes To Die – And A...
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Published on: 2026-03-17
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Hey everyone! Have you seen Alysa Liu’s Gold medal cinching performance at the Olympics? It was carefree, joyous, and inspirational. She glided over the ice and won the heart of everyone watching. Words can’t do it justice—go check it out if you haven’t seen her programs. I haven’t watched figure...
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Published on: 2026-03-15
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Retire by 40
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #167 Here are some things I really like and that you might too! **Note To My Readers – I sometimes get complaints about ads on my blog (too many). I’m kind of... The post T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 167 appeared first on Accidental...
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Published on: 2026-03-13
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Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #166 Here are some things I really like and that you might too! Financial Independence/Work Life/Retirement Articles & Content Till debt do us part: 78% of Americans say a partner with... The post T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 166 appeared first on Accidental...
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Published on: 2026-02-27
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Hey everyone! If you haven’t heard, the New York Federal Reserve concluded that U.S. consumers and businesses are paying 90% of Trump’s tariffs in 2025. Thanks Trump, for making everything more expensive. Fortunately, relief might be on the way. The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s “emergency” tariffs. Or maybe not…...
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Published on: 2026-02-23
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Retire by 40