Frugal ways to get married – Part 2
This is a 3-part series to demonstrate that you can get married 3 times for less than the Canadian national average of $31,685. In part 1 of the series I showed you that Mrs. T and I only spent …
Tawcan is a Canadian personal finance and dividend investing blog that chronicles my quest for financial independence and joyful life.
I started this blog to show it is possible to achieve financial independence as a single-income family with two young kids while living in Vancouver Canada, one of the most expensive cities in the world.
My wife and I started building our dividend portfolio in 2011 after a financial epiphany.
Today, the portfolio generates over $6,000 in dividends per month. We originally dreamed of becoming financially independent and living off dividends by 2025. Although we could live off dividends by supplementing it with a part time income in 2025, we aren't in a rush to cross the so called "finish line." Therefore, we are taking it easy and we plan to realize the dream of living off dividends before 2030.
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Frugal ways to get married – Part 1
Weddings, the reunion of two people, is one of the biggest celebrations and happiest days in our lives. This is why a lot of people justify spending a ton of money on their wedding day. …
Five benefits of a kitchen garden
Mrs. T grew up on a farm in Denmark and helped with growing produce and tending farm animals. As a result, she has always wanted to grow her own food in a kitchen garden. For …
How to Budget with a Variable Income
We are a single income family where we allocate my full-time salary into the different budget categories. For our side hustles, we save everything that we earn (after taxes) into our financial freedom account (FFA) and …
Dividend Income & Financial Independence Journey – July 2021 Update
Summer time in Vancouver typically means temperatures in the mid to high 20s and an extended period of nothing but the sun. The weather in July was exactly like that. We had nothing but sun …
Re-examine our $115k dividend stock transactions in 2020
Back in January, I reviewed our 2020 dividend stock transactions and determined the winners and losers of our trades. I disclosed our average cost basis and the good and bad moves we made throughout last …
Our future travel plans
It’s hard to believe that the last time I stepped foot on the plane was more than a year ago. Considering that I spent 147.03 hours flying (over 6 days!) in 2019, it is weird …