Life update
Meagan gives an update on what her and her family have been up to in 2024.
Canadian Posts
Spreading the Word on Perimenopause
Spreading the word on perimenopause. It starts earlier than you think. See what you can do in your 30s to reduce effects, live longer and increase vitality or if you’re male, learn about it to support the women in your life.
Irish Workation Update
This post is a (months later) update of our workation in Ireland in Mar/Apr including the planning, what it cost and how it went. Planning This 6 week workation was part of 2.5 month workation between Portugal and Ireland. See details of the Portugal portion here. Flights Per the Portugal update, we booked the below … Read more
Portugal Workation Update
This post is an update of our recent workation in Portugal including the planning, what it cost and how it went. Planning Why/When Firstly, I’ll cover off why and when we decided to travel. When we were moving from Ireland to Canada last summer, I wanted to have a trip planned back to Ireland within … Read more
Our Family’s Annual Spend 2023
Happy New Year dear readers. I hope you all had a wonderful time over the break. Today’s post outlines our family of 3’s annual spend for 2023. It is worth noting that half the year was spent in Ireland and the other half was spent in Canada. Total spend in 2023 came to: €63,547 This … Read more
Canadian Portfolio Update
As I mentioned in my last post, the Money Hacker family moved from Ireland to Canada in June 2023. At that time we had assets in both Canada and Ireland. This post will go through how we decided to centralise and invest our money in Canada and what we invested in. Asset shift Before we … Read more
Life and Financial Independence Update
Meagan moved back to Canada and is trialling semi-retirement. Read on to find out Why, When and How.
Mini-retirement 2 – Canada edition
Mrs. Money Hacker is nearing the end of her family’s three-month mini-retirement. Read on to see how they managed it, what it cost and how it went.
Travel cheaply with HomeExchange
With the cost of living rising, it can feel like holidays may be out of reach, but with a little outside the box thinking, travel both within Ireland and abroad can soon become more affordable with sites like HomeExchange – think of the movie “The Holiday”. The idea is that you put your home up … Read more
We’ve reached Coast FIRE!
What is Coast FIRE? For those who aren’t aware of the term, Coast FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is when you have enough in your retirement/investment accounts that without any additional contributions, your net worth will grow to support retirement at a traditional retirement age. We were recently on holiday and the time off usually kicks … Read more