Knowing where to focus your energy – an update
I’ve experienced something pretty intense this April which has been a good reminder of the value of knowing where to focus your energy. Furthermore, this unexpected event is a good example of the power of the freedom we acquire all along the journey towards reaching financial independence. There’s so much value in taking control of […]
Lessons from my first year of semi-retirement
I feel so privileged to bring you a post to detail out the lessons from my first year of semi-retirement. To be in this position at 34 is something difficult to put into words. While I originally left my 9 to 5 public service job for a sabbatical back in January 2021, considering the need […]
I Am Semi-Retired
About a month ago, I officially resigned from my 9 to 5 and am now semi-retired. I run my passion business on a part time basis while withdrawing up to 2% of my investments to cover my share of our cost of living. This will allow my investments to continue to compound to my full […]
What I would have done differently on my FI journey
When I started interacting more frequently with people that had already reached FI or were closer to reaching it than I was, I loved asking “what would you have done differently on your FI journey?”. Likely why I love The Fioneers Slow FI series which includes post such as Avoid the “Death March” to Financial […]
Eight months of my sabbatical to test Coast FI
Back in the Fall of 2020, I made the decision to take a sabbatical to test out Coast FI starting at the end of January 2021. The plan is to try out my ideal FI schedule now, which includes 10 to 20 hours of passion work, even though we have not reached our full FI […]
Guiltless Summer
I initially began the summer with the idea of wanting to work about 10 hours per week on the blog and my business. As such, the first couple of days I created a pretty detailed schedule with the kiddoes of how we would spend most of our time. I felt like I needed to find […]
Second & Third Months of my Sabbatical to test Coast FI
Back in the Fall of 2020, I made the decision to take a sabbatical to test out Coast FI starting at the end of January 2021. The plan is to try out my ideal FI schedule now, which includes 10 to 20 hours of passion work, even though we have not reached our full FI […]
First Month of my Sabbatical to test Coast FI
Back in the Fall of 2020, I made the decision that I would be taking a sabbatical to test out Coast FI starting at the end of January 2021. The plan is to try out my ideal FI schedule now, which includes 10 to 20 hours of passion work, even though we have not reached […]
Taking a Sabbatical to test Coast FI
I’ve got some big news. As those on my newsletter found out last week, I will be taking a 1 year sabbatical to test Coast FI. After a rough September of juggling working full-time in my day job, uncertainty with our oldest’s school with the pandemic, a strike in our youngest’s daycare system and various […]
Congrats Purple who reached FIRE at 30!
Let me interrupt the regular schedule on this blog for a very special congratulations to my friend Purple from A Purple Life on her last day of work! This impressive lady has accumulated over 500K in networth in just about 9 years and took the courageous move of quitting her job and declaring herself FIREd […]
