Tires…Spending…Death…Happiness
The other day the tire pressure warning light came on when I was driving to work. After checking pressure in each tire and filled them up, I thought that would be the end of it. …
Personal Finance
Personal finance, the fundation of Tawcan.com. Personal finance is and should be personal. A list of personal finance related topics and tips that we can all learn from.
How I lived and traveled Europe on an 800€ per month extreme budget
Back in 2004 I had an 8 month engineering Co-operative Education (Co-op for short) term ahead of me. After 12 straight months and 3 terms of intense engineering program at the University of British Columbia …
2016 Financial Review: $47,566.96 Spent & Net Worth +34.4%
This is the first time I am doing a year end financial review to show some numbers. Why? Because I have always enjoyed looking at other bloggers’ year end numbers and see how we are …
Boys will be boys
Being a personal finance blogger and someone who is working toward financial independence, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I regularly discuss money related topics with Mrs. T. Unlike many households, money isn’t a …
Ask the readers – What are your frugal pet peeves
As someone that is naturally frugal there are some un-frugal things that people do that drive me bananas. I get it, it’s your life and your money but frugality goes hand in hand with helping …
Why BC’s interest-free $37,500 loan is a terrible idea
Although I am in Mrs. T’s home country Denmark for the next 3.5 weeks, I have been keeping an eye on Canadian news here and there through Facebook and Twitter. Today I was shocked to see a …
10 Financial Tips for millennials
By definition I am a millennial but I really don’t feel like one. Why? Because I was born in the early 1980s and have been working for over 10 years. Nowadays, people seem to associate …