Tawcan is a Canadian personal finance and dividend investing blog that chronicles my quest for financial independence and joyful life.
I started this blog to show it is possible to achieve financial independence as a single-income family with two young kids while living in Vancouver Canada, one of the most expensive cities in the world.
My wife and I started building our dividend portfolio in 2011 after a financial epiphany.
Today, the portfolio generates over $4,700 in dividends per month. We originally dreamed to become financial independent and live off dividends by 2025. Although we could live off dividends by supplement it with a part time income in 2025, we aren't in a rush to cross so called "finish line." Therefore, we are taking it easy and we plan to realize the dream of living off dividends before 2030.
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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 randomly set an FI target …
We love to travel and immerse ourselves in local cultures. Due to the global pandemic, we stayed mostly local for a few years. In 2024, we have been very fortunate to visit Denmark and Iceland, …
Welcome to another quarterly update on my 2024 goals and resolutions. Long-time readers will remember that for the past six years, I have set goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year and tracked …
Welcome to another monthly dividend income update! We have been doing these monthly updates since the birth of this blog (over 10 years now). We do these monthly updates to keep ourselves accountable and show …
Years ago I randomly set a goal of becoming financially independent via dividend income by 2025. By randomly I meant I didn’t really crunch any numbers and simply selected a year out in the future. …
Back in June, I mentioned that we switched from TD Direct Investing and Questrade to Wealthsimple to take advantage of the transfer bonus promotion. I also noted that we wanted to take advantage of Wealthsimple’s …
It’s hard to believe it’s September already and we’re back to the typical school programming – school, Scouting, and other extracurricular activities. September usually means sunny but comfortable temperatures in the low 20s. Hopefully this …
