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5 Years Of Freedom

October 25, 2020October 26, 2020 Mr. Tako 39 Comments

While I’m not normally a nostalgic person, October marked something of a major milestone in the life of Mr. Tako. This was my fifth year of freedom from the corporate world!

Although my blog was started back in December of 2015, my last day of work at a “corporate” job was September 30th, 2015. It took me a few months of unemployment before I finally decided to start writing the blog you see here today.

It’s been an interesting 5-year journey to say the least. Filled with all the ups and downs, and strange fluids you might expect from raising two kids…

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August 2020 Dividend Income And Expenses

September 6, 2020 Mr. Tako 15 Comments

August is normally a month for travel… but 2020 is anything but a “normal” year. Despite the crazy pandemic situation, the Tako family did manage to do a little traveling this August.

With hot temperatures blanketing most of the Pacific Northwest, we first decided to escape the summer heat by heading out to the coast…

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July 2020 Dividend Income And Expenses

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Mr. Tako 18 Comments

“It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times”… as the saying goes. July fit this description quite accurately. Much of July was a very good month, but we had to deal with some costly equipment failures and a health scare. It was a difficult month for my mental health…

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Summer Is The Busy Season

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Mr. Tako 18 Comments

Summer is the busy season around the Tako household. While most of the world is undergoing some form of shutdown because of the pandemic (including our family), we’re still finding a myriad of ways to keep busy.

So much so, that I hardly have time for blogging. I wish I still had the time to crank out a two blog posts per week, but alas, my time is now very limited…

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June 2020 Expenses And Dividend Income

July 5, 2020July 5, 2020 Mr. Tako 24 Comments

June was an exceptionally good month. Life was good. Really good in fact! Our financials held-up well (all things considered) during the pandemic, and the kids finally finished school in June. Which means we have the resources and time for some family adventure!

In Washington State (where we live), our “stay-at-home order” has finally ended. Things are definitely not “back to normal”, but we can at least get out of the house a bit more…

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May 2020 Expenses And Dividend Income

June 7, 2020 Mr. Tako 18 Comments

In my opinion, Spring is one of the best times to be alive. After a long cold winter, when spring finally hits it’s like rocket fuel for my happiness level. The comes sun out, the plants are green, and the flowers are blooming again.

May also happens to be one of the best months for spring in our area (the Pacific Northwest).

It’s too bad that May didn’t have the same kind of energy this year…

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Lockdown Week 7: When The Food Ran Out

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 Mr. Tako 28 Comments

Three weeks ago it was the shortages of toilet paper making big news. That made for plenty of good toilet paper jokes and internet memes, because… well, toilet humor wins the internet!

Thankfully, like migratory birds, toilet paper has now returned to it’s regular nesting grounds on store shelves.

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about (a new virus, unemployment, the economy, homeschooling the kids) — Now we have to worry about the freaking food supply!

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Lockdown Week 6: Market Perturbations & Sushi

April 19, 2020 Mr. Tako 24 Comments

Well, would you look at that! Here we are 6 weeks into the pandemic lockdown, staring down directly into the precipice of a humongous recession … and the stock market is rising. Incredible! Absolutely incredible.

This seemly bizarre market move has the so-called “experts” calling it a “sucker’s rally”, warning investors to stay away. Yet the stock market is undeniably rising again…

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March 2020 Expenses And Dividend Income

April 11, 2020April 13, 2020 Mr. Tako 12 Comments

It was the best of times. And, it was the worst of times. That pretty much sums up March in our household. It was definitely good times with the whole family at home, nice spring weather occurring, and enjoying life as best we can under lockdown. Meanwhile our investments provided ample income to cover our cashflow needs…

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