2023 Goals and Resolutions – Q2 Update
Since 2019, I have been setting goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year and then posting quarterly updates on this blog as a way to keep myself accountable. Over the years I have …
Money Successes
Money successes are important and it is important to celebrate them even if the money success may be small.
Learning and Accepting Failures
Failures are unpleasant and unwanted experiences. When you encounter a failure, you may feel hopeless, anxious, have self-doubts, and even depressed. But let’s face it, failures are part of life. We simply can’t go through …
What to do with a $5 million windfall
Recently a reader emailed me about a big windfall that he received. “Hi Bob, I recently received a pretty significant windfall… $5 million! To be honest, I’m not sure what to do. I want to …
2023 Goals and Resolutions – Q1 Update
Long time readers will probably remember that I have been setting goals and resolutions since 2019 and posting quarterly updates to keep myself accountable throughout the year. 2023 was no different. At beginning of this …
How much do you need to retire early at age 40, 45, 50 or 55?
It’s never too early to start looking forward. I’ve been doing this on my site for some time and doing a bunch of assumptions and simulations on what our financial independence retire early might look …
Make sure you know what you’re retiring to
When I think about retirement, I have never pictured myself sitting on the beach drinking pina coladas daily. That’s not how I picture retirement. I could sit on the beach for a few days but …
2022 Financial Review: Core Spending $40,563.19 CAD & Net Worth +9.14%
I have been posting our annual financial review since 2016. Originally, I wasn’t going to write about our 2022 financial review, but I was pleasantly surprised when a few readers reached out and asked why …