Take care of your future one step at a time
It’s hard to believe that it is September already, meaning that three quarters of 2019 is almost gone. Over the next couple of days, Baby T1.0 will start Grade 1 and Baby T2.0 will start …
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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FI…13 years and 4 Months in the making
“Hmm what the heck did I get myself into?” I thought to myself while walking toward GM Place in downtown Vancouver. Being uncomfortable in a new surrounding It was Nov 7, 2001. All around …
Growth of our dividend portfolio – Beating the TSX?
Long-time readers know that I have been writing monthly dividend income updates as a way to keep us honest and demonstrate that it is possible to build a sizable dividend portfolio. Like many dividend growth …
How to bulletproof financial plans & combat emotional reactions to stock market volatility
This blog has been in existence for over 5 years. To my surprise, most of these posts I have published have been written by me exclusively. I have only published a few guest blog posts. …
Dividend income & Financial Independence Journey Update – July 2019
Can you believe that summer is half over? So far this summer we have not seen the summer scorching heat here in Vancouver. Instead, we have had rainy days occasionally. We Vancouverites actually welcome a …
I messed up
As a long-running family tradition, my parents gave our kids red envelopes with money inside for Chinese New Year earlier this year. Being a natural saver and thinking about the future, I then took the …
FIRE Canada Interview #8 – Building a rental property empire
A while ago, I started a financial independence retire early (FIRE) interview series where I interviewed Canadians who are either financially independent, retired early, or close to these key financial milestones. The reason for the …