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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Growing net worth – strive for high efficiency

Mr. Tako recently wrote a great article called Those Special Snowflakes. He asked whether early retirees like Mr. 1500, Root of Good, Millennial Revolution, Mr. Money Mustache, Go Curry Cracker, Jim Collins, and he himself are special …

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Pay yourself first… Time & Money

It seems that a number of people in the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) community are aiming for FIRE because they don’t like their jobs. Maybe “don’t like” is not the right words to use. …

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Dividend Income – Aug 2017 Update

Can you believe there are only 4 more months left for 2017 and fall is just around the corner? Often I wish I have more time on my hands so I can get more things …

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Why I don’t invest using margin

As you may know, we only invest with money that we have. We don’t borrow to invest, meaning we are not utilizing Smith Maneuver or trading on margin. Why don’t I invest using margin? Very simple. …

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Coaching service now available

Several readers have reach out to me via email about coaching on personal finance, investing, and financial independence related topics. While I have tried to answer questions via email, most of these questions really require …

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