How personal finance is like using the toilet
Last week I was on a 13.5 hour flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong. I have done this trip a number of times, and the 13.5 hour flight always felt really long. Mostly because I …
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.
Want to follow my dividend investing and financial independence journey? Sign up newsletter or fill in below.
What is your reason for financial independence?
Thanks to work and personal travels, I have set foot on 25 airplanes so far this year, with at least 6 more plane rides planned. Essentially I have been on a plane every single month …
Dividend Income – Sept 2017 Update
With September behind us, that means there are only 3 months left for 2017! So far, 2017 has been an amazing year and I can’t wait to see what is in store for us the next …
Reasons to be thankful
Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Yes we Canadians are a bit backward hence we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than Americans. I guess this is what we get for playing hockey all year round, riding polar …
Our Top 5 Long-Term Holdings
If you look at our dividend portfolio, you will notice that we currently hold 72 dividend stocks and 2 index ETFs. To be honest, I would like to trim down our holding somewhere around 55 …
There’s no “right” way to achieve FIRE – multiple paths to FIRE
Growing up my brother and I played a lot of StarCraft. We battled against bots to practice our StarCraft game skills. Since human players and AI’s behave differently, we would often battle with other human …
Taking charge of my fitness
When I was in university, I was quite active. I was playing basketball, European handball, and other sports regularly. In my 4th and 5th years, my friends and I would swim 2 or 3 times …