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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Dividend Income – April 2017 Update

Can you believe that it is already May? Thanks to the warmer and dryer weather, Mrs. T, the kids, and I have been spending more time outside. This past Sunday we spent most of the day working …

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Ask the readers – my dilemma

I have a dilemma and I need your help. Since ditching landline and starting to use a cellphone over 16 years ago, I have never paid for a cellphone. I have always gotten a “free” …

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Does work define who you are?

“What do you do for work?” How often do you get this question when you meet someone for the very first time? And how often do you introduce yourself by saying what you do for …

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Dividend Income – Mar 2017 Update

Spring is here and that means A LOT OF RAIN in Vancouver. Thanks to daylight saving kicking in, spring also means longer daylight in the evenings when I get back from work. This is one …

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