Originally Posted by ultramarina
My main hope is that they will be happy and fulfilled. I would also hope that they won't have to be really seriously worried about money, but mainly that means I really hope they can have decent healthcare and not get into serious debt.

The best way to do this is to save 50% of your gross income and stay as healthy as possible.

I think that $250K doc would probably do much better if he was saving $125K a year. Then he would have a cushion and probably feel better.