More Canada

We have just returned from Canada and I thought I would post some pictures. The second half of our Canada trip was visiting the Canadian Maritimes, specifically Prince Edward Island (PEI), Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton.

Retirement Planning For Life

In today’s economic environment retirement planning is more important than ever. We are experiencing reduced equity returns, employer provided pensions are becoming extinct, our nation’s monetary policy erodes the value of our currency daily, and our government retirement programs are financially unsustainable, That does not mean that retirement is no longer possible, but it does […]

Answers to Some Early Retirement Questions, Part II

A couple other questions I received about early retirement were: How much does one need to save each year to retire early? How did my wife and I know we could live on what we had saved?

Retiring Early – Our Story

This post is about how my wife and I managed to retire about ten years earlier than the typical retirement age of 65. Some of the things we did will seem inconceivable to some readers, but the choices people make early in their working lives ultimately determine when they will be able to retire. Perhaps […]