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Hello! Can you believe that we’ve already made it a third of the way through the year? How time flies! I hope you had as [...]

Many people seem to wonder how I manage to spend so little. How come I don’t feel the need to “treat myself just a little?” [...]

Are you getting as restless as I am about travelling? My last trip was in October 2019 for a short stay in Los Angeles. I [...]

Hello! I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a pretty busy month. Among other things, the new job is keeping me very busy. Compared [...]

I don’t think I’ll surprise anyone by saying that buying a new car was my worst financial blunder. Who am I kidding? I even bought [...]

No, I don’t have an emergency fund. Don’t throw tomatoes at me, please. I already know all the financial gurus of this world would be [...]

Hello! I just knew February was going to go by very fast. 🙂 Seriously, between finalizing my old job’s last few files, starting my new [...]

Hello! In the last months, many of you have requested an article about my future withdrawal strategy. Actually, I had already broached the subject in [...]

Yes, I mentioned it in my latest monthly review: I recently got a promotion! 🙂 As you already know, saving and investing as much as possible [...]

Hello! Already one month behind us! Even though it’s a rather boring time of the year, even without a pandemic, I feel like time went [...]

Those of you reading this blog’s articles every week may have been startled a few times whenever I mentioned how I am aiming for $15,300 [...]

Those who’ve read my article called Why I Will No Longer Contribute To My RRSP may raise an eyebrow at this article’s title. 😉 Please [...]

I’m not gonna lie. I’m not at all mad 2020 is over! A year that felt like ten, but also sort of flew by, in [...]

Hello there! Finally, a new year has begun! To all my readers, I wish you a very happy new year, full of wealth and prosperity, [...]

I am one of the privileged few benefitting from an employer-sponsored pension plan. It is becoming increasingly rare these days. Generally, when we tell people [...]

I don’t know about you, but I’m all about goals. Could it be conditioning from work? Maybe it is. Even on weekends, I have to [...]

Hello there! It’s already time to do the November monthly review! It’s fascinating how relative the perception of time is, especially this year. On one [...]

The FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement has a common desire for financial independence, but it is on early retirement that opinions differ. I notice [...]

After reading my Steps to FIRE series, maybe you thought it was too much work, too many steps and too many changes. That it requires [...]

Here we go. This is the fifth and final post about the Steps to FI. After all, there is a purpose to all this. After [...]

Ah, investing. That big, scary monster. The cause of countless cases of analysis paralysis. There is so much information available about investing, you would assume [...]

Hello! I’m still in the process of writing my next post about the importance of investing our savings, and how to go about it. There [...]

Finally, we’re getting down to business. It’s good to have lowered our expenses and increased our income, but what do we do with the balance at [...]

How was your week? After reading my last post, have you started assessing your level of spending? Have you started tracking every expense? Have you [...]

As promised, here is my first post in a series of five which will focus on the steps towards financial independence. Let’s kick things off [...]

Why financial independence, you’ll ask me. And I’ll answer: why not? Do you like to work like a madman all year-round just to be able [...]

Hello! Here is my first monthly review. A promise is a promise: you will already have access to my numbers, including my net worth, my [...]

Hello! Whoever you are, I’m extremely grateful that you’re taking some of your precious time to read these lines. This probably means that you have [...]