My inspiration for the FIRE philosophy happened long before this movement was popularized. My father was a physician, practicing Internal Medicine in the 70’s and 80’s. I remember how hard he worked throughout my childhood. Sure we would take family vacations but for the most part I always saw him working constantly, pulling […]
There is a debate throughout the physician financial blogs regarding physicians who have expressed a desire to retire early (the RE component of FIRE). Several have reported being shunned by their peers when they do express a desire to make an early exit from medicine. Common themes are that there is a moral and […]
Burnout. Search any physician forum and this subject is one of the most talked about. It is the typical battlecry heard when like-minded physicians get together in their quest to retire early. It is quite fitting that this community adopted the moniker of FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early) in order to avoid burnout. The […]
