Updates: April 22 – 28
My two year adventure (ordeal?) is over! Last Friday, I wrote my last exam for the second degree program that I was completing. This past weekend, I’ve been doing absolutely nothing. It has been...
View ArticleOur early retirement plan
For Brian and I, the big motivator for working hard, paying off our debts and savings gobs of money is the allure of early retirement. Who wants to work forever? I'd rather take advantage of free...
View ArticleThis is strange…but good
So a strange thing happened to me. For the longest time, I didn't work very hard. I was in academia and learned very quickly that as a paid employee working in research, it didn't matter how hard you...
View ArticleUpdates: April 7 – 13
Do you ever have the feeling that you don't know where the time went? For the past year, I've been planning a conference in New Zealand and this week is the week I actually leave! Things have been so...
View ArticleI shouldn’t have waited…
As many readers might recall, Brian and I split our retirement savings between our RRSPs and our Tax Free Savings Account. In my TFSA, I hold exclusively dividend paying stocks which I hope will one...
View ArticleGet Smart About Retirement Planning
Part of smart financial planning includes preparing for retirement. When you’re already contributing to your retirement accounts, how else can you prepare for a comfortable retirement? Here are a few...
View ArticleMy plan for early retirement
James blogs at Free in Ten Years where he documents his path to an early retirement. He is planning to retire at 38 by saving 75% of his income by being a frugal machine. He blogs about money saving...
View ArticleFIRECalc Review
Want to retire? I'm sure we all want to stop working at some point but according to CNBC, 81% of Americans have no idea how much they need to retire. What's worse, is that nearly 1 in 3 Americans have...
View ArticleCan You Really Retire Early With a Lower Income?
Last night I was reading an early retirement article on MSN. These types of articles always interest me because I find early retirement pretty fascinating and a long-term goal for myself. In this...
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Updates: April 7 – 13
Do you ever have the feeling that you don’t know where the time went? For the past year, I’ve been planning a conference in New Zealand and this week is the week I actually leave! Things have been so...
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I shouldn’t have waited…
As many readers might recall, Brian and I split our retirement savings between our RRSPs and our Tax Free Savings Account. In my TFSA, I hold exclusively dividend paying stocks which I hope will one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Get Smart About Retirement Planning
Part of smart financial planning includes preparing for retirement. When you’re already contributing to your retirement accounts, how else can you prepare for a comfortable retirement? Here are a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FIRECalc Review
Want to retire? I’m sure we all want to stop working at some point but according to CNBC, 81% of Americans have no idea how much they need to retire. What’s worse, is that nearly 1 in 3 Americans have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can You Really Retire Early With a Lower Income?
Last night I was reading an early retirement article on MSN. These types of articles always interest me because I find early retirement pretty fascinating and a long-term goal for myself. In this...
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