2026 Looking Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe this decade, the 20s, is halfway over? It’s also hard to believe that both of my kids are no longer little babies anymore. In fact, Kid 2.0 will …
Life Lessons
Life lessons that I have learned so far in my life and what I have learned from reading various books and interaction with others around me on a daily basis.
How to save money – 8 frugal habits to practice
Long time readers will remember that our investing strategy boils down to these four simple steps: What does spending below our means, or living below our means really signify? It simply means spending less than …
Would You Take $2 Million for 60-hour Work Weeks? Answering Life’s Toughest Money Dilemmas
The other day, we were playing That Escalated Quickly, in which one player would pick a question card, the other players would pick out a number card from 1 to 10 and come up with …
Early Retirement Q&A with Dividend Daddy
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. Because the community is made up of folks who have different backgrounds and different ages, it’s very diverse (not just Caucasian …
Random thoughts – worst day of the market, tech or not, leveraging, etc
As I write this on Oct 12, we just experienced the “worst day” of the stock market since April. The S&P dropped by 2.7%, the NASDAQ dropped by 3.56%, and the TSX dropped by 1.38%. …
Q&A with Mark from My Own Advisor – Reaching FIWOOT
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. Because the community is made up of folks who have different backgrounds and different ages, it’s very diverse (not just a …
Semi-Retirement Q&A with Mark McGrath
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. One thing I appreciate from the diverse FIRE community is that there are people ahead of us who are always willing …