Savings

Your headphones can make you wealthy. If you want to 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 […]

Fuck You Money is the amount of cash you need to walk away from a toxic or undesirable situation without worrying about the financial fallout. And in my experience, having enough Fuck You Money on is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. Why? Because it means you can’t be […]

Have you ever caught yourself staring at the clock and praying for the workday to be over? Do you fantasize during the workday about the next vacation you’re going to take when your work gives you more days off? What about tossing and turning on a Sunday night in dread of returning to your workplace […]

Sam Dogen is the creator of Financial Samurai, an American personal finance blog, on which he was chronicling his life as an early retiree… until he decided to go back to work. Before he launched his blog in 2009, Sam worked in finance for over a decade. Sam started the blog to “help make sense of […]

In April, I began to tell you about the FIRE movement, which is on the rise. Just because it’s synonymous with freedom and financial independence doesn’t mean it brings opulent wealth, but rather strong (financial) health. So what is the starting point for good financial health, with or without fire?  Your spending! The pandemic will […]

Over the past several years, there has been a tremendous shake-up in the way that people are going about saving for retirement. Traditional thinking says that you will need to work for about 40 or so years before you will have enough money saved to retire (at around age 65).  However, many Millenials have been […]

The idea of retiring in just 1500 days, around four years, with a cool $1 Million in the bank might seem like a fantasy, but that’s what one couple recently did, according to CNBC.  The anonymous couple, known as Mr & Mrs 1500 on their blog, decided to do it in 2013 and set about […]

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 […]

Last year we published articles showing readers how they can save more money. Since last year, we uncovered many more new (and some unconventional) ways to save money yet live a comfortable lifestyle. You don’t need to live like a miser, Radin or a Scrooge, forfeiting pleasure, social outings or alienating and even losing friends […]

Kristy is the paradigm-shifting writer behind the shrewd but sharp FIRE blog, Millenial Revolution. And her rebellious yet astute criticism of traditional finance landed her on our list of Top 25 Best Canadian FIRE Blogs of 2021. With equal parts cheeky sarcasm and insightful, well-informed assessments of the current financial state of affairs, Kristy is […]