FIRE = Financial Independence Retire Early
A large part of this website is about financial independence retire early (FIRE) and our FIRE journey. Topics include – What does financial independence retire early mean, How to achieve financial independence retire early, Lessons learned during our FIRE journey.
Let’s talk about FIRE!
When we started our financial independence journey, we set a goal of becoming financially independent via dividend income by 2025. Why did I pick the year 2025? Because it was far out there and it …
If you look at our dividend portfolio, you’ll notice that we only hold common shares that pay dividends. A few readers have emailed me and asked why we don’t hold any preferred shares to take …
Back in 2017, I wrote a post titled “Does Work Define Who You Are?” In it, I posed the question – why do we tell people what we do for work when we first meet …
Can you believe that 2024 is already halfway over? What happened to the time? I don’t know about you, as I get older, time seems to go by faster and faster. The reason seems to …
As an engineer by education & training and an analytical person, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to readers that I ponder a lot. I like to think about something carefully before deciding or reaching …
Although we can be financially independent if we choose to, we decided to postpone FI by building up our dividend portfolio so we can one day live off dividends. We are getting pretty close to …
This blog has been around for 10 years and I have written many posts on various topics. Thanks to all of you who have followed and kept returning to this post to show your support. …