It’s hard to believe this blog has been in existence for over 11 years. Last year, I celebrated the 10th anniversary of this blog and it’s quite fascinating that another year has gone by with ... Read more| Tawcan
I came across this article from The Globe and Mail the other day. The article profiled Jeremy Finney who retired five years ago at age 41. Soon 46, he is| Tawcan
Exciting times ahead, I’m heading to Japan in a few short weeks. While I’ve been budgeting carefully, this spring has been an expensive one. I bought the airline tickets back in December for around $4500 roundtrip, and have been sporadically booking and paying for accommodations every few weeks. Since we’re timing vacations with our kids’ school breaks, our options were either April or waiting until June. We’ll be there for around 2 weeks with stops in the tourist triangle of... Rea...| Happily Disengaged
It dawned on me on my way to work one morning that I’ve stopped giving a damn about FIRE. Driving through the darkness of the early morning freeways, lights of the San Francisco skyline and bridges glistening out past the windows, podcast on the History of Byzantium blasting through the truck speakers, the thought popped into my mind that I don’t really need an exit off this freeway I’ve found myself cruising down. I don’t need FIRE anymore. What do... Read More Read More| Happily Disengaged
If you aspire to retire or semi-retire earlier than most people, how much do you need to retire early at age 40, 45, 50 or 55? Thanks to my friends at| Tawcan
A roth conversion ladder is a multi-year transfer of funds from pretax to post tax accounts. It helps avoid penalties and save on taxes!| How to Money
Back in 2017, I wrote a post titled “Does Work Define Who You Are?” In it, I posed the question - why do we tell people what we do for work when we first meet| Tawcan
Ten years ago, I wrote What Does an Annual $200,000 in Retirement Income Look Like which projected out retirement income. The following year, I updated it with What Does an Annual $200,000 in Retirement Income Look Like (2015 Version). The idea was to update it every year. Then I got busy fighting lawsuits from pyramid […]| Lazy Man and Money
The interesting idea is simple: Should we go all in on QQQ with our RRSPs?| Tawcan
But what if life is not a journey at all? What if our journey has no boring middle because boring middles only exist if the end is the point.| Happily Disengaged
As some of you may know, before having kids, I used to be a weekend warrior and spent a lot of time outdoors enjoying various activities like rock climbing,| Tawcan
Hello everyone, welcome to another monthly dividend income update.| Tawcan