2026 Goals and Resolutions – Q1 Update
I have set goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year since 2019. To track them, I record them in a spreadsheet and update my progress throughout the year. To keep myself accountable, I …
Money Successes
Money successes are important and it is important to celebrate them even if the money success may be small.
Early Retirement Planning – Q&A with Reader P
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 …
Things to consider on your financial independence journey
It’s been 15 years since we started our financial independence journey. I will be the first one to admit that my mentality toward money and life has evolved over those past 15 years. I truly …
Living off dividends in Canada – $360k/year & Paying almost no taxes (real case study)
Long time readers will know that my wife and I are deploying a hybrid investing strategy – we invest in both dividend paying stocks and index ETFs. It is our goal to have our portfolio …
Living off dividends – My $360k per year dividend income
Last week Reader B, a fellow Canadian shared his amazing dividend investing story with us. B and his wife retired in 2004 at age 55 and have been living off dividends since. What’s amazing is …
2025 Goals and Resolutions – Q4 Update and Wrap Up
It’s hard to believe that 2025 is in the books and we are in the first month of the new year… and the second quarter of the century. 2025 was the seventh year that I …
2026 Looking Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe this decade, the 20s, is halfway over? It’s also hard to believe that both of my kids are no longer little babies anymore. In fact, Kid 2.0 will …