Financial Freedom & Wellbeing: How Stress Management Paves the Way
Embarking on Entrepreneurship on the Road to Financial Independence I’m pleased to present a new interview from my series ‘Health on the Way to FI.’ Today, I’m sharing the inspiring story of Marie-Josée Simard, a trained nurse with over 30 years of experience in healthcare, who has held various management positions. Marie-Josée decided to change […]
Quantifying your dreams to make them happen
Oftentimes, people skip over a very important step in achieving their goals: that of quantifying your dreams to make them happen. They may start first with the tough work of listing out their vision but stop themselves when it comes to adding the details necessary to clarify it further in a measurable way. If we […]
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 […]
Planning a Sabbatical
Those who have been following my journey know that back in late 2020, I decided to plan a 1 year sabbatical to test Coast FI. It took months of deliberate planning in order to get to a place where I felt comfortable with this drastic change in our journey. Afterall, Mr.Mod and I were only […]
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 […]
3 Financial Habits to Stick to When Your Time is Limited
Throughout my journey towards financial independence, I’ve made a deliberate effort to stick to good financial habits. Nonetheless, like it happens to everyone, there have been periods in my life when my time was more limited and I simply couldn’t keep up with it all. As I work with my coaching clients over a four […]
Keeping deprivation away on the Journey to FI
You’ll often hear people claim that they have never felt deprivation on the journey to financial independence (FI). Especially from those aiming for financial independence, retire early (FIRE) because the extreme versions of it are what is more often portrayed by the media. I myself have often written about our continuous efforts to enjoy the […]
Simple ways to stick to good money habits
Ever find yourself with a great plan to pay down debt or increase your savings but after a good couple of weeks of making progress, your old habits kick in and you start sabotaging yourself? Pursuing any financial goals requires good money habits and the discipline to keep up with these consistently through time. Even […]
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 […]
