Looking at different levels of FIRE retirement: Lean, Regular, Fat/Luxury and Barista
FYI … FIRE = Financial Independence / Retire Early It’s a movement that has taken root in the past 10 years, kicked off by this book: Your money or your life which I ab
How not to raise a privileged brat… (things I am trying at home)
So. Privileged brat. This is a #FirstWorldProblem angst a lot of us newly-minted folks feel, especially since we aren’t used to thinking about it at all. The key for me, is t
My Mid-Year Money Goals for 2017 and Beyond
Musing about how I am going to retire and when
What would you do if you lost access to your Gmail account tomorrow?
My email address is the only one I can't really change - home, cellphone, telephone, who cares? My email however is my name and identity.
When should you “retire” and start taking Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) Benefits?
As someone who is thinking about retirement at an early age, the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) has always been a bit of a mystery to me. (Not to be confused with the other two OAS (
There will never be a right time for anything
When is it the right time to.. Clear your debt? Have a baby? Start saving for retirement? Take that dream trip? The answer is: There will never be a right time for anything. There
Investing Series: The Quick Guide to an RRSP versus a TFSA – Which is better and why?
Last Updated: June 16th 2020 I am trying to figure out how to say this as plainly as possible while using layman’s terms, so bear with me! In Canada the Registered Retirement
Canadians are spending more than they earn
Surprised? I wouldn’t be. According to the last calculation from Statistics Canada, the average household owes 165 per cent more than it earns in annual disposable income, me