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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. Here is how doctors should address lifestyle creep. Then, replenish your emergency fund.

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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

Wiped-out grocery stores, medications unfilled, spoiled food, hours-long lines for gasoline, and impatient citizens pulling firearms on each other, escalating tensions in an already tumultuous time. However, this is a personal finance blog, and for me, it goes beyond that. Is there anything to be learned from all of this?

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Choosing to Rent or Buy a Home in 2025

The Motivated MD

This marks the 10th chapter of our Doctor Money finance series, which I hope to complete and formally turn into a publishable book or e-book in the not-too-distant future. As many learn throughout their medical training, we are often relocated every few years. Four years in medical school. Stay tuned!

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