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location: canada/usa
works: business consultant
net worth: ~$155,000 as of Dec 2011
eats: sashimi, tartiflette, pho
drinks: earl grey cream tea
gadgets: macbook pro 17", ipod touch (pda)
beauty: fb's list of toiletries/makeup
wants: roland rd700-gx piano
reads: ayn rand, tom stanley, sophie kinsella
watches: bones, mentalist, castle, top chef
wears: wrap dresses & necklaces
loves: minimalism, $$ management, traveling
hates: wearing shorts & being late for anything
Money Archive
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There is no White Knight
Posted on April 9, 2012 | 7 CommentsMany people think “White Knight” automatically means a man comes along and saves you from yourself. He pays all your bills. He’s financially secure (and then some!) and he is lovingly generous. But a White Knight can mean many things to different people, and come... -
Everything has its limitations: Maxmize the gap between your earning and spending!
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 7 CommentsYou can only cut back on so much and You can only make so much money! I know everyone talks about both independently as if one is better than the other, and it’s true. If you save a lot of your money, you’re in good... -
How to Face Your Future…Literally
Posted on March 21, 2012 | 16 CommentsYou’ve heard it before. Cancel your magazine subscriptions. Eat meatless meals once a week. Pickle your own beets. Do this, and you could save – I dunno – $50 a month. Invest the extra cash in the stock market, and in forty years, you could... -
Early Retirement Extreme Idea or Reality?
Posted on March 16, 2012 | 23 CommentsAs my first “official” post on FB, I thought of sharing one of my financial goals obsessions. As a father of three at the age of 30, I realized early in life that there are a lot more important things in life than... -
The world is full of people making a good living, but living poor lives
Posted on March 12, 2012 | 12 CommentsWhen I first started out in personal finance, I didn’t understand why everyone kept emphasizing to cut back on daily expenses as the #1 rule to building wealth. I mean, isn’t having a large salary and making pots of money being wealthy? Look at all... -
5 Powerful Tricks to Save More Money and Like It
Posted on March 7, 2012 | 19 CommentsAlthough saving money is a form of deprivation, there are steps you can take to make the process more enjoyable. Fun even. While paying off $25,000 of debt within a 12-month time span, there were times I wanted to spend money so badly I suffered from... -
Annoy yourself into saving.
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 13 CommentsI did this tactic for a bit when I first started trying to cut back on my insanely out of control budget categories. I annoyed myself. Every time I put something I KNEW wasn’t a necessity in my grocery basket, I asked myself it it... -
Sometimes money isn’t the only cost
Posted on February 27, 2012 | 9 CommentsYou can’t only look at your actions and what you choose to buy from a dollars and cents cost perspective. Sometimes, it’s cheaper to just buy new and dispose of it when you’re done: Ziploc baggies Printing any sort of email or paper without needing... -
Your reward for working so hard is your income
Posted on February 22, 2012 | 9 CommentsRevanche said it best folks. I wish I could find the post from when she got her job (years ago) and people were telling her to “spend” and “splurge” to treat herself for working so hard. Her reply to all this egging on and enabling:... -
What was your money situation like when you were growing up and how did it affect you?
Posted on February 20, 2012 | 26 CommentsWhen I was growing up, our money situation was strange. My dad worked part-time and my mom didn’t work, but we were squarely middle-class. See, my father won the lottery when I was very young, before the age of 3, and then he semi-retired by...