Now that my updated list of physician FI bloggers is complete, I will start highlighting my favorite posts from these and other blogs every month.  Here is the inaugural August 2025 edition.  Hope you enjoy.  

I have enjoyed reading Physician in Numbers’ monthly recap of her favorite blog posts for quite a while.  I have discovered several new blogs to follow, as well as some thought-provoking one-off articles.  Since I am shamelessly ripping her off, I will start with “My Favorite Posts By Other People, July 2025” by PiN.    

We’ve probably all (skeptically) heard that after $75,000 in income, more money won’t make you happier.  The Prudent Plastic Surgeon discusses the original work behind this statement as well as updated research in “Will More Make Doctors Happier?”

One of the reasons I am only FI and not RE is due to the income I receive from a business partnership, which requires me to continue working shifts in the ER – my personal Golden Handcuffs.  The Darwinian Doctor discusses real estate investment as one way for doctors to escape, in “Breaking The Golden Handcuffs: A Surgeon’s Journey To Financial Independence.”

Congratulations are in order, as Cripsy Doc discusses reaching an important rung on the investing ladder in a short but interesting article, Vanguard Milestone.  I have not yet reached this particular milestone because I am still aggressively adding money to my stock portfolio, which skews my results.  At least that’s how I’ll comfort myself.    

There has been a lot of buzz lately about Nick Maggiulli’s book, The Wealth Ladder.  Wealthy Doc argues that when using this framework, “Physician Wealth Ladder: Level 4 is Enough.”  For most physicians, I agree. 

Speaking of Nick Maggiulli, over at his site, Of Dollars And Data, he discusses his current feelings on the stock market in “Why I’m Bearish on U.S. Stocks (for the Second Time Since 2017).”    I’m not one to time the market, but it’s an interesting read since I’ve already been rebalancing my portfolio recently.  

Finally, welcome back to Dr. FIREfly, a Canadian physician finance blogger who did not make my list, as her posts have been too infrequent to meet my inclusion criteria.  However, she did drop a new post in late August just in time for me to include it here.   “Early Career Physician . . . Looking at Retirement” provides an update on her FIRE journey and offers valuable insights into the challenges many physicians face as they contemplate the end of their careers.  I hope she starts posting more frequently so we can all follow along.     

Are there any notable posts from August that I missed?  Any physician finance bloggers that aren’t on my updated list?  Let me know in the comments.