When I learned that FinCon’20 will be at Long Beach, California, my first thought was that this would be the perfect opportunity to go to Disneyland with Mrs. T and the kids the week after FinCon. 

I pitched the idea to Mrs. T and she …

Wow, the first month of the new year just flew by! In early January, we flew from Copenhagen back to Vancouver. Originally we were scheduled to fly with Iceland Air by connecting via Reykjavík. But due to a major snowstorm, our original flights got cancelled, …

The financial independence retire early movement is getting a lot of attention lately. While it’s nice to see the movement gaining traction, I feel most of the major media coverage has been very early retirement focus. I think this is paints a very bad …

It’s the beginning of 2020 and that means new TFSA contribution room. With the new $6,000 TFSA contribution room per person, it makes sense to invest in dividend paying stocks early in the year and stay invested rather than trying to time the market. …

Last year was the first year that I published my yearly goals and resolutions on the internet. Then every quarter, I provided an update on how I was doing with my goals and resolutions. Personally, I felt this system worked really well as it kept …

I should have published this decade review post at the end of 2019 or early January but I suppose it’s better late than never. It’s a little hard to imagine that the ‘10s are already behind us and a new decade is now upon us. …

This is my fourth year of writing an annual financial review. In 2016 we spent $47,566.96 CAD and our net worth grew by +34.4%; in 2017 we spent $51,144.77 CAD and our net worth grew by + 8.65%; in 2018 we went over the …

It’s hard to believe 2019 is over. In many ways, it felt that the year flew by so quickly. At the beginning of 2019, I set out some challenging goals and resolutions that I wanted to accomplish throughout the year. Every quarter, I provided an …

As long time readers may know, we could be financially independent now, but we have decided to delay this major financial milestone. Essentially, rather than expedite our financial independence retire early (FIRE) journey, we decided to take a much slower approach due to various …

A happy new year and happy new decade everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and spent some time with family and friends.

Just like November, I did a lot of travel in December. First, our entire family flew to Copenhagen from Vancouver in early …