10 lessons I’ve learned along the FIRE journey
Although I grew up in a household where my dad retired in his early 40s and a couple of my cousins reached financial independence and/or retired early in their 40s, I had never really put …
RE part of FIRE… Retire Early!
Freedom 30, Freedom 35, Freedom 40, Freedom 45, etc. Many of us have dreamed about retire early so we can enjoy our lives rather than keep doing the 9-5 job for 30 or more years.
But retire early doesn’t mean stop working completely. Far from it. What does RE really means when it comes to financial independence retire early (FIRE)?
Although I grew up in a household where my dad retired in his early 40s and a couple of my cousins reached financial independence and/or retired early in their 40s, I had never really put …
In recent years, there are more and more new and innovative investment products available to Canadians. These new products, mostly in the form of ETFs, typically have low management fees and provide excellent sector and/or …
Recently I met up with a good friend for a much-needed chat. Over the course of a few tasty cans of beer, my friend mentioned that he recently listened to the “Die with Zero” audiobook …
I have always enjoyed connecting with readers via email and social media and receiving potential topic ideas. So when a few readers reached out recently to ask what my thoughts are about the newly created …
Although I created this blog to chronicle our financial independence journey and share things that we learn along the FI journey, I wanted to write and share content that people want to read and help …
When I created this blog over seven years ago, the sole purpose was to chronicle our journey for financial independence and joyful life. I wanted to share my knowledge with like-minded people. I could have …
Since 2019 I have been setting up goals and resolutions for myself at the beginning of the year. I would then provide an update every quarter to see how I was doing with my goals. …