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 …
FIRE
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!
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you retired already?
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I read a lot of personal finance and investment related books and I also read a lot of personal finance blogs. When I read Mark aka My Own …
FIRE Canada Interview #1 – Vancouverite reader J
Recently a reader name J reached out to me to share his story on financial independence retire early in Canada. What’s neat is the fact that he’s also located in Vancouver. Because his story is …
Use your imagination
The other day I was playing Lego with Baby T1.0. He found some wheels from his Lego box, where we keep all the Lego pieces, and went on to build an “airplane car” with random …
Are you “Retirement Free?”
When it comes to Financial Independence Retirement Early (FIRE), there are lots of calculators & simulators on the internet to estimate when one can reach FIRE. As luck have it, I also created a calculator …
More Random Thoughts
I was in Taipei for the last few days. In many ways, it was really nice to be back to Motherland. My family and I immigrated from Taiwan to Canada more than 20 years ago …
Random Thoughts – Travels, Current State of Stock Market, Dividend Investing
I’m currently on the longest work trip ever, a total of 16 days visiting 4 different countries. I was in Shenzhen China for a few days and now I’m in Hong Kong. I’ll be in …