Solar Electricity Savings

Today I went back and looked at my electricity bills over the last few years, and I really am impressed by the savings from our solar system! We were lucky enough to already have panels installed when we purchased our property, so no initial outlay for the installation (though of course, it would have factored

EV Savings Tracker!

Having bought a new car, for quite a hefty price tag, I am determined to earn back the value of the car over it’s lifetime! Since it was an EV, and I am able to claim part of my expenses as a tax deduction, I’m hoping that I will be able to recoup my upfront

Changing Goals and Pivoting

So…. my investing goals are taking a detour over the next few years. I’ve been considering my plans for the near future and have determined that, at least in the short-medium term, I am going to focus on saving cash rather than pouring it all into the market. Why is that, you may wonder? No,

Combining Finances!

Disclaimer: This post is NOT financial advice or a recommendation about what you should be doing – merely information about my journey and experiences. My fiancé (🎉🎉🎉) and I are currently in the complex process of joining our finances and planning for our future together. There are lots of different ways that couples manage finances.

Staycations!

I’ve finally bit the bullet and taken some time off from work to recharge! The vaccination rollout doesn’t look anywhere CLOSE to being finished and there was no way I could keep continuing to push myself. So I just took 2 weeks off to have a staycation! Staycations are great from a FIRE perspective since

Minimalism – is it for me?

Since starting to learn about FIRE, I’ve also been learning a lot about various forms of minimalism in the community. I watched the Minimalism documentary on Netflix, and I confess that I binged the whole series of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. And in doing so, I got motivated to do a bit of spring

Retirement Goals

I’m feeling much more refreshed both physically and mentally this week. Though I still haven’t had an opportunity to take a real break, the long weekend over Easter was a breath of fresh air and I even managed to enjoy a lovely road trip while we had that great weather last weekend. This week I’ve

Burnout

One of the really challenging things about working in medicine is how easy it is to become burned out. It’s a high stress job at the best of times, and this past year has been extra hard. While some medicos have suffered from lack of work and loss of income during the COVID shut downs,

Holiday splurges – no regrets!

In my review of the first half of 2020, I said that the budget was deceptive about how expensive my holiday was this year, as much of the spending was pre-booked during 2019. The true cost of the trip? About 18K, plus 4 weeks of lost income – so, essentially over 2 months worth of