What is your reason for financial independence?
Thanks to work and personal travels, I have set foot on 25 airplanes so far this year, with at least 6 more plane rides planned. Essentially I have been on a plane every single month …
FIRE
FIRE = Financial Independence Retire Early
A large part of this website is about financial independence retire early (FIRE) and our FIRE journey. Topics include – What does financial independence retire early mean, How to achieve financial independence retire early, Lessons learned during our FIRE journey.
Let’s talk about FIRE!
Reasons to be thankful
Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Yes we Canadians are a bit backward hence we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than Americans. I guess this is what we get for playing hockey all year round, riding polar …
There’s no “right” way to achieve FIRE – multiple paths to FIRE
Growing up my brother and I played a lot of StarCraft. We battled against bots to practice our StarCraft game skills. Since human players and AI’s behave differently, we would often battle with other human …
Taking charge of my fitness
When I was in university, I was quite active. I was playing basketball, European handball, and other sports regularly. In my 4th and 5th years, my friends and I would swim 2 or 3 times …
Pay yourself first… Time & Money
It seems that a number of people in the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) community are aiming for FIRE because they don’t like their jobs. Maybe “don’t like” is not the right words to use. …
Coaching service now available
Several readers have reach out to me via email about coaching on personal finance, investing, and financial independence related topics. While I have tried to answer questions via email, most of these questions really require …
Ask the readers – What motivates you on your quest for financial independence?
Being a dad is a challenging yet rewarding job. At almost 15 months, Baby T2.0 is now able to communicate with us more and more. She would nod or shake her head to show yes …