May 2017 - Tawcan

Happiness & Joy, Money Mindset, Save Money, Save-Spend Balance, Spend Money

Ask the readers – Are you happy with your finances now?

Take a look at yourself naked in the mirror. Are you happy with how you look right now? Many of us wouldn’t be happy regardless what our body looks like. We may think that we are 10 lbs too heavy, we may think that our … Continue Reading

May 31, 2017 by Tawcan

Financial Independence, FIRE, Grow Net Worth, Happiness & Joy, Investing, Money Mindset, Personal Finance

Consistency is the key

Last week I attended Canadian Blood Services‘ Honouring Our Lifeblood. The event recognized regular donors from local communities. As a regular blood donor that hit 50th donation late last year, I felt honored to attend this event. When I first started donating about 10 … Continue Reading

May 25, 2017 by Tawcan

Dividend Investing, Grow Net Worth, Index Investing, Investing, Personal Finance

The great debate: Index vs Dividend Growth

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know I’m a dividend growth investor at heart. You probably also know that rather than investing 100% in dividend stocks, we own two index ETFs. Essentially we are doing a bit of hybrid investing. … Continue Reading

May 23, 2017 by Tawcan

Happiness & Joy, Money Mindset

How society is killing creativity

Mrs. T showed me this interesting video the other day. I have embedded the video below. Please finish watching it before you continue reading the rest of this post. 🙂

Some thoughts about the video

Isn’t it sad that in the video everyone is doing

May 17, 2017 by Tawcan

Happiness & Joy, Life Lessons, Money Mindset, Personal Finance

Lessons from Yoda

Mrs. T and I watched Rogue One the other night, which is probably my favourite Star Wars movie. After watching Rogue One we then decided to continue watching A New Hope. After we finished watching A New Hope over a span of 2 nights, we … Continue Reading

May 11, 2017 by Tawcan

Dividend Investing, Investing

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 in the yard, mowing the lawn, weeding the … Continue Reading

May 9, 2017 by Tawcan

Frugality, Personal Finance, Save Money, Save-Spend Balance

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” phone by signing up to a 3 year contract on … Continue Reading

May 4, 2017 by Tawcan

Financial Independence, FIRE, Life Lessons, Money Mindset, Retire Early

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 work?

If your job is sales related, then immediately you … Continue Reading

May 2, 2017 by Tawcan

About me

Hello, my name is Bob. I'm from Vancouver Canada. This is a personal finance blog where I chronicle my quest for joyful life and financial independence.

In 2011, my wife and I had a financial epiphany and started our financial independence retire early (FIRE) journey. Since then, we have amassed a dividend portfolio that generates over $2,100 per month.

I wanted to use this blog to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve financial independence as a single income family with two young kids while living in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

Some of the topics I write are: financial independence retire early (FIRE), dividend & index investing, money mindset, save-spend balance, and travels.