Design Your Best Life – 52 Week Series

I know. I’ve been gone for awhile. And I am going to talk about the why, and what comes next for me and my family. Just not quite yet. This post, I wrote a couple months ago, but due to a number of events that happened over the summer, I…

A couple weeks ago I re-published a piece I had written back in 2018, called 12 Rules of Life For Financial Freedom. It’s one of my favourite pieces here on Freedom 101, in large part because it really breaks Financial Freedom down to it’s basic roots. Money isn’t rocket science.…

Happiness is a funny thing. We all want it. Many actively pursue it. Few truly find it. It’s an elusive beast. Even when we have it within our grasp, it has the notorious ability to slyly slip through our fingers. I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of happiness. What…

The more time I spend with my now 3 year old, the more I realize that he has legit super powers. It’s pretty impressive really. By Marie Kondo standards, this kid sparks joy like nothing else. I think I’ll keep him. Which is fortunate, because his return policy was not…

People keep asking me how I’m doing. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been avoiding the answer. But here it is. For the first month of Covid, it seemed as though we were just floating along in a surreal world. Nothing in our lives had REALLY changed……….and I was…

Our Finding Freedom journey is all about optimization. Designing a life that allows us to maximize our time to the fullest. But it’s clear that a critical component of being able to achieve our highest ROI also relies upon our general well being. Well being is a hotter topic than…

Ok…..yes, we did spend nearly $4000 creating an awesome playroom. But, it isn’t JUST a playroom. Back in Finding Freedom Week 15 I talked about how Mike and I had been contemplating our environment. Specifically, our house. Should we downsize in our current neighbourhood? Move cities to a lower cost…

We spend a lot of time evaluating where we invest. Whether it’s money, time, or energy, we try to be very intentional about how we deploy our most valuable resources. While we regularly re-assess our game plan and risk tolerance, to make sure our plan remains appropriate for our given…

I saw a comment on social media the other day that effectively read “If you don’t control your thoughts, they will control you.” I disagree. I get the attraction of self-help books, articles, and social media content that espouse this ideal that we are masters of our own minds. That…

I wish I could; speak a second language, work out more often, eat better, spend more time with my kids, run a marathon, write a book, read a book a week, map out a new career. How often do you hear people saying these words? I would, if I just…