2020 Goals & Resolutions – Q3 Update
Last year I started publishing my annual goals & resolutions. I then provided an update every quarter. This kept me very motivated and kept myself accountable for my goals. As a result, I met and …
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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FIRE Canada Interview #21 – $12 Million Net Worth
The financial independence retire early movement is getting a lot of attention lately. While it’s nice to see the movement gaining traction, I feel most of the major media coverage has been very early retirement …
Dividend Income & Financial Independence Journey – Sep 2020 Update
Can you believe that there are only three months left for 2020? Given that I’ve been working from home since the middle of March and for the most part we have been staying at home, …
ShareOwner transitioning to Wealthsimple… what happens to our kids’ dividend portfolio?
Long time readers will recall that when Baby T1.0 was born, we decided to set up a dividend portfolio for him. We had a simple idea: pick 15 dividend paying stocks and DRIP all dividends …
Have-Do-Be or Be-Do-Have? That is the question!
Have you ever thought about what defines who you are? Why do we do things in a certain way? Why are some of us spenders? Why do some of us have a candid ability to …
PC Travel Review: Is it worth using?
Since joining the PC Insiders program, I have become more and more interested in the PC Optimum points program and how I could earn more points to redeem against grocery bills. To take advantage of …
Dividend Income & Financial Independence Journey – Aug 2020 Update
I don’t typically write about current events and I have been trying to stay away from politically-related posts on purpose. Lately, however, is it harder and harder to not write about them. I am deeply …