Financial Independence (FI) the most important part of Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE).
Why is FI so important? Because being financially independence means that we can choose to work if we wanted to, not because we have to.
This blog is dedicated for chronicle our financial independence journey.
Since we started our financial independence journey in 2011, we have been following the same process every two weeks. We earn income, spend less than we earn, invest the money we save in dividend paying …
Since “Die with Zero” was published in July 2020, it has been discussed countless times within the FIRE community. The key concept is distinctively at odds with the basis of FIRE. Although I do believe …
Wow, it’s hard to believe that Q3 is already in the books. For new readers, I have been setting goals and resolutions since 2019 as a way to challenge and improve myself. Long time readers …
As Benjamin Franklin famously put it in a Constitution Center letter from 1789: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” these two things, death and taxes, are certainties …
As you can imagine, a lot of planning is required to reach early retirement. Despite all the planning, projections, and running different scenarios, there will always be some level of uncertainty when it comes to …
In June 2023, I did a thorough case study and analyzed whether we had enough to live off dividends. That analysis was based on our 2022 dividend income of $42,305.81 and I converted USD to …
Earlier this year, I wrote about our early retirement healthcare options in Canada, specifically options for extended health care in early retirement. The research behind that article took a while and I thought the data …