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other blog: the everyday minimalist
talk to me: contact me here
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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More U.S. Banking questions
Posted on January 10, 2009 | 18 CommentsSo ING is basically a great place to store your savings or investments, liquid or non.. But for regular day to day banking, I should have another bank to link to it. P.S. This is totally different from Canada because here, you can open an... -
I met Mr. Jones…
Posted on January 6, 2009 | 24 CommentsVisited my family the other day. Had a (rare) heart-to-heart with him about finances, life and even love. Which is really strange because we’re not close family members, but I think he’s trying to compare what he was like at my age, to what I... -
January 2009 Budget
Posted on December 31, 2008 | 9 CommentsAs part of my Budgeting Goal (Track expenses and save 50% of my net income), I created an empty budget for myself for January 2009. Gave myself $1500/month for the budget. I didn’t want to deprive myself, it’s a ‘normal’ budget for me (which is... -
Reader Request: Budgeting for a Nervous Wreck Self-Employed Person
Posted on December 27, 2008 | 6 CommentsReader Question In response to: Answer to Gail’s Polly Riddle I would love to see a blog for us Nervous Wreck Self-Employed Persons…which I am one of. I am always struggling about how to budget, have an emergency fund, how much to take for personal,... -
Answer to Gail’s Polly Riddle
Posted on December 18, 2008 | 7 CommentsDoing this in a post because I couldn’t fit it all in the Comments section and this was a lot of fun! Gail Vaz-Oxlade from Gail’s Blog gives us a Case Study: Polly is 25 and single. She has almost $80,000 in debt, $60,000 of... -
Yuppie Guilt and how to deal with it delicately
Posted on December 18, 2008 | 15 CommentsI was just thinking about this the other day. I had a friend come up to me and over a cup of coffee, guiltily confessed that she felt bad for making so much money especially in this ‘recession’ or economic crisis. I told her that... -
Travelling frugally and intelligently
Posted on December 9, 2008 | 7 CommentsI’ve learned a lot about travelling frugally and intelligently. As you know I went on business for about a month doing the real travelling schtick by leaving Sunday nights and flying back home on Fridays. It was a brutal awakening of someone who hasn’t really... -
Reader Question: RRSP Investing
Posted on December 2, 2008 | 4 CommentsReader Karissa Dee asks: ok, I have a question. I’ve been putting $50.00 a month into a PC RRSP account for about five years. I haven’t been doing anything with it, I just assumed that the bank did it’s magic with it. How do I... -
December 2008 Goals
Posted on December 1, 2008 | 2 CommentsGoing to keep them simple this month so that I don’t disappoint myself. TOP 3 MUST-DO GOALS 1. Get my corporation taxes/earnings worked out. Am going to talk to H&R Block and figure out what the procedure is. I am going to pay for them... -
From heavily in debt to debt free in 2.5 years
Posted on November 30, 2008 | 15 CommentsThis is my version of my November round up. No budget numbers, no budget amounts spent. That’ll resume for December 2008. Here’s a quick recap of my assets and liabilities (a.k.a. my balance sheet) MAY 2006 (when I graduated) ASSETS: $500 $500 – Bank Account...