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I have a special treat today. Meghan Chomut, CFP asked me to have a chat Live on Facebook and it was a hoot!
We talked Financial Independent, lifestyle, career, debt, saving, spending and, of course, BOOKS!
Read MoreWhile away in Guatemala this past March, I had the chance to experience something I haven’t been able to experience in a long time: scarcity. What an eye-(re)opening experience!
Of course, I took care of doing some research, but I didn’t do as much as I likely should have because I thought all we had to do was get settled and then we could go from there. BIG MISTAKE.
Read MoreThere’s reality, and then there’s the lie that perpetuates it.
The reality is that it costs more to be a woman in this world.
Let me count the ways...
Read MoreThere’s been a great deal of discussion on all online and offline platforms about the power dynamics in the workplace and, to a certain extent, in the home.
It’s a touchy subject for all involved, with many of us feeling like we’re walking on egg shells any time we broach the subject.
Read MoreThere. I said it. Though I’ve written about it before more diplomatically, I’m declaring it here and now as bluntly as I possibly can:
Why? Let me count the ways...
Read MoreSkydivers are a peculiar bunch. I mean, you have to be a little nuts to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, right?
Well, FIRE* seekers are also a little weird. After all, you have to be a bit odd to believe you can save your way to early retirement without living the life of a pauper.
Aside from their membership in the non-conformity club, these two groups have a lot in common.
Read MoreI’m continuously fascinated by how fortunate we are to live in the time we live in, to be living the way we live, and to think and behave the way we do as a result.
I often feel like a kid the way I observe things and people around me…including myself.
Read MoreI’ve been wanting to talk about something for over six months now but hadn’t figured out how to broach the subject, that is until a conversation with my bestie Michelle yesterday. (Love you Michelle!)
I couldn’t contain myself as I burst out and told her how I felt like a teenager again. And ironically, she also felt reenergized, but for a different reason. That made for an amazing conversation. (Though I’m spoiled because every conversation with Michelle is amazing.)
I’ll explain, but first, a little background…
Read MoreI had an interesting experience on the last leg of our trip home from Costa Rica. On the flight from Toronto to Winnipeg I was sitting next to a woman in her fifties from Winnipeg who worked for a large raw materials organization in the city. She’d been in TO for training on a new ERP system her company was migrating to, having kept their system for over twenty years.
She talked the talk and looked the look of someone who worked in corporate Canada.
Read MoreDuring recent discussions about a book by Thomas J. Stanley called “The Millionaire Next Door” over on the Rockstar Forum, I was reminded of the true meaning of wealth.
In Western society, we tend to equate being wealthy with being rich, but that's like comparing apples and oranges.
What does "being rich" mean?
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