Shane worked within the corporate world and or was also self-employed for 30-plus years. Many of these years included working a side hustle to protect the household income. Then on May 1st, 2018, Shane decided that the life he was leading was no longer for him and decided to walk away from it all and chase after the dream life that he always wanted. Shane's dream was to escape the rat race entirely and lead a simple life in a small beachside community where it is warm all year round, and to help others do the same, and live their dream life by adopting a simpler and basic lifestyle.

To achieve his dream life. Shane implemented numerous life and money management strategies that he writes about in several publications and on this website.

After scaling back on his lifestyle which enabled him to then enter semi-retirement. He started living as a snowbird for two years. The on Mar 17th, 2021, in the middle of the pandemic. Shane boarded the plane and decided that the time was now to live the best life possible, Shane's plan to move away from the country he grew up in was now fully in motion after putting together a five-year plan, which changed to a two-year plan due to the pandemic. He decided to liquidate everything in Canada as well as his winter home in Florida to enable him to start the final stage of his dream a more simple lifestyle abroad in a beachside community where it is warm all year round.

Shane is a certified life coach and hypnotherapist and has worked as a business consultant whose expertise is in business start-ups and day-to-day operations.

Shane now resides in the Philippines with his wife JoyLyn