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How Doctors Should Address Lifestyle Creep

The Motivated MD

Though I adhere to commonly agreed upon personal finance advice such as living ‘like a resident’ and well below your means, if you are overly frugal, you will deprive yourself of the enjoyment that is deserved when your income grows. Last time, we published an article comparing renting versus purchasing a home.

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Lessons Learned From My Hiatus

The Motivated MD

My passion for writing personal finance content was losing way to productivity and the compulsion to keep up with my competitors. Commonly I felt like I was just reiterating what so many others in the physician finance niche were saying while feeling like I had somehow already addressed the topic. Anyone can do it.

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Motivation Monday Recap – October 7th, 2024

The Motivated MD

Financial Samurai The White Coat Investor Motivation Monday Recap for October 7th, 2024 In keeping with this theme, the first article on our list for Motivation Monday Recap comes from your truly: The Motivated M.D. You can find the entire article by heading to The Motivated M.D.: What if the worst-case scenario happens?

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Motivation Monday Recap – September 23rd, 2024

The Motivated MD

This week I have a short list of great articles (and one podcast) to help highlight some of the best content of last week. This week we published the latest chapter in our content series titled Doctor Money: A Personal Finance Guide for Physicians. You can find the entire article by heading to The Motivated M.D. :

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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

However, this is a personal finance blog, and for me, it goes beyond that. Helene highlighted that even wealthy communities and well-financed and well-educated populations can be caught off guard and devastated. One of my first articles ever written on this site was titled: Emergency Fund: Your First Financial Goal.

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When Should Doctors Begin Investing in Real Estate?

The Motivated MD

For anyone gravitating towards personal finance and physician finance content, discussions around intelligent investing in stocks and bonds are relatively commonplace. This article highlights some important concepts regarding the risks and benefits of real estate as an investment. What types of real estate investments exist?

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How Doctors Can Save More and Do Less

The Motivated MD

For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. I have coined this content series Doctor Money: A Personal Finance Guide for Physicians , as this is my current working title. This is the same for personal finances.

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