Life unscripted
The other day, I was working from home and went with Mrs. T to drop off both kids at their schools in the morning. Since I usually get to work around 8:30 AM or earlier, …
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 $5,400 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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Random Thoughts – Stock sell-offs, Coronavirus, Recession Coming?
Well, originally I had another post scheduled to go live today, but given what’s going on with the market in the last week and a half, I decided to write a post and examine the …
The time when my ego overtook my brain…
When I learned that FinCon’20 will be at Long Beach, California, my first thought was that this would be the perfect opportunity to go to Disneyland with Mrs. T and the kids the week after …
Dividend Income Update – Jan 2020
Wow, the first month of the new year just flew by! In early January, we flew from Copenhagen back to Vancouver. Originally we were scheduled to fly with Iceland Air by connecting via Reykjavík. But …
FIRE Canada Interview #14 – Lifeunscripted
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 …
2020 Dividend Stock Consideration
It’s the beginning of 2020 and that means new TFSA contribution room. With the new $6,000 TFSA contribution room per person, it makes sense to invest in dividend paying stocks early in the year and …
2020 New Years Goals and Resolutions
Last year was the first year that I published my yearly goals and resolutions on the internet. Then every quarter, I provided an update on how I was doing with my goals and resolutions. Personally, …