Building my dividend city
When I was younger, I loved playing SimCity. I imagined what it would be like to build my own city and all the things I would do with my city. From time to time, 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 $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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Dividend Income – Nov 2017 Update
Another month down, and only one more month to go before 2017 wraps up. It’s hard to believe that Christmas is around the corner and 2018 is less than 3 weeks away. Mrs. T has …
FIRE Canada Interview #2 – How I became financially independent at age 32
Since high school graduation, I have not kept up with many high school friends. So you can imagine how surprised I was to see a high school friend sending me a Facebook message about financial …
How to cook great food while staying on a budget & Christmas giveaway contest!
Today’s post came from my biggest supporter in life – Mrs. T! Here’s her frugal ideas on how to cook great food while staying on a budget. Enjoy! 🙂 Bob finally asked me to write …
How I lost $5,000 in less than 2 minutes
Earlier this year, for our wedding anniversary, Mrs. T bought tickets to Kurios by Cirque du Soleil so we could have a kids-free date. After a bit of planning, we were fortunate to be able to …
How my struggles with English taught me about financial literacy
As you may know, Tawcan is a word that I invented when I started using the internet back in the mid-90’s. It stands for Taiwanese Canadians. (I realized later that if the word is a …
FinCon17 Recap – A Canadian’s perspective
I have heard a lot about FinCon since I started this personal finance blog. Every blogger I have talked to or exchanged email with had nothing but positive things to say about FinCon. Last year …