How to Motivate Yourself on the Way to FIRE

FIRECracker is a world-travelling early retiree. She used to live in one of the most expensive cities in Canada, but ...
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Your Money and Your Health

Health is similar to finances in that there are many overly-complex things people say you need to do, but there are ...
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Sherry’s solo adventure #1 | Living Life Retired (LLR)

Solo Adventure #1 Trip Map Preparation for first solo adventure: Checked out books from the public library to see what ...
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Living Outside The Lines | Kathy’s Retirement Blog

As very young children we were probably all taught to color within the lines. According to my granddaughter, who’s about ...
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The 5 Best Kayaking Tours in Costa Rica for 2023

The 5 Best Kayaking Tours in Costa Rica for 2023 Author, Cynthia Ross Tustin – Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 Kayaking ...
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Better Financial Management in Retirement Through Better Metrics
In several of our recent posts, we have been touting the Actuarial Approach and its use of the Funded Status ...
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Slow Travel is Back! – Having Fun Cracking Retirement

After an enforced break for Covid, and the many uncertainties it brought for travellers, we are back on our Slow ...
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Why Can’t North America Have Cities Like Barcelona?

Amanda and I have really enjoyed the start of our “3 Months in Europe” trip. We loved our time in ...
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You Don’t Own “The Stock Market”

Nothing confuses people more than trying to understand what’s happening in “the market” these days. To make sense of it, ...
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Helping Familes Deal with Cognitive Decline
Sharing an informative article below to add to the “aging with dignity” discussion. We often look to our parents as ...
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