Early retirement

Have you heard about FIRE? It’s an acronym for Financial Independence, Retire Early. For the thrifty at heart, here’s your calling! Perhaps you already apply some of the movement’s principles without even knowing it. And if you’re a big spender, all is not lost. Many of the movement’s enthusiasts were just like you before making a […]

Imagine that a fairy pays you a visit and, using her magic wand, increases your assets until they reach a considerable sum. Regardless of the proportion, luck and hard work will lead you to financial independence, if that is your wish! But surely it’s more about hard work. Let’s not be complacent.   How will […]

The Great Resignation is upon us, and it took corporate North America by surprise. Well, it wasn’t a surprise to people in the financial independence community. They’ve been planning on taking back their money and their time for a while. Quitting your job may not be your FIRE goal, but it helps temper financial stress […]

Most people who criticize the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) base their arguments on misconceptions that simply aren’t true. If they took the time to fully educate themselves, they’d quickly realize their gripes with FIRE are incorrect. As a FIRE blogger and podcaster, I’ve seen, heard and read it all when it comes to […]

Graham from Reverse The Crush, one of Canada’s top financial independence blogs, has made his fair share of embarrassing money missteps. Like so many of us, he knew that money was meant for so much more than spending. He just didn’t know what to do with it. Graham may not have started his FIRE journey […]

Bob Lai is the influential voice behind the powerhouse FIRE blog, Tawcan. Infact, his website currently holds the number three spot on Hardbacon’s list of 25 Best Financial Independence And Early Retirement Blogs In Canada For 2021. Originally, the purpose of the blog was to chronicle how a single income family with two small children […]

Tim Stobbs of Canadian Dream Free At 45, which was featured in Hardbacon’s Top Canadian FIRE blogs ranking, is the ex-engineer who crushed his early retirement goals 5 years ahead of schedule. And he did it without resorting to the extreme frugalism that’s been known to leave a bitter taste in the mouths of FIRE […]

Melissa is the 49 year old real estate maven enjoying early retirement in sunny Southern Ontario. When she’s not traveling with her family, she’s documenting her FIRE journey and curating personal finance content on her blog, Our Life Financial.  In a warm, honest and down to earth sensibility Melissa lays out actionable insight and challenges […]

Sterling, the 39 year old Canadian behind Learning to FI, one of Canada’s best FIRE blogs , understands better than anyone how difficult change can be. To change your lifestyle often means changing your values, and for a lot of us that can feel more like loss than growth. An extreme shift off course can […]

Blogger Chrissy from Eat Sleep Breathe FI is the FIRE fanatic who’s passion, warmth and generosity of spirit is so palpable that even her emails feel like a warm hug. And it’s that almost tangible earnestness that has not only fuelled her FIRE journey, but her desire to elevate those around her with the knowledge […]

Your headphones can make you wealthy. If you want achieve financial independence, you need to level up your financial literacy. But who has time to find and read all the personal finance content out there? As a busy working mom with two tiny humans, I certainly don’t have the time or energy to open a […]

We’ve all sat in the middle of a conversation of baby boomers discussing their retirement. We’ve all seen people around us getting happier and happier as they approach retirement age. We all thought that retirement was a topic that didn’t concern us young people! However, the wisest among us are already thinking about it and […]