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other blog: the everyday minimalist
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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
About
I'm a 20-something year old who got out of $60,000 of debt in 18 months, earning $65,000 (gross) a year.
This is more of a lifestyle blog with hint of money talk, like a moneythropologist.
You can read more about me here in The FB Story, check out my favourite posts or you can send me a note if you have questions (please be nice).
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Come and visit my other blog The Everyday Minimalist which is all about achievable everyday minimalism, simplifying my life, living like a modern nomad.
Career Archive
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Life doesn’t have any guarantees
Posted on June 22, 2016 | No CommentsTweet Sometimes you do the right thing, and people hate you for it. Sometimes you do very bad things, and you get lucky off it. You can only judge for yourself what you should do, and you shouldn’t just go on what you think other […] -
Are you taking your job for granted?
Posted on April 28, 2016 | No CommentsTweet A good wake-up call for anyone who works, including myself is to make sure you aren’t taking what you have for granted. Here are some behaviours Psychology Today outlined: Tardiness — “It really doesn’t matter to me who has to wait.” Not Responding to […] -
Do you use your job to justify your spending?
Posted on January 28, 2016 | No CommentsTweet I remember when I first started working I thought: OMG! I need all of these new clothes 😀 😀 😀 So I went shopping. I picked up way more of what I wanted in the items I didn’t need. Suits? Why did I buy […] -
Need to do a group presentation? Read this.
Posted on January 2, 2015 | No CommentsTweet First impressions count. A lot. In a group presentation, be it a choir or just a business presentation, the details count. People are visual Look nice. Make sure your shoes are clean and shiny, you don’t look messy and your hair is pulled away […] -
How attractive you are, plays a factor in your career
Posted on November 14, 2014 | 2 CommentsTweet Study from Blogs: Good looks will get you that job, promotion and raise The study conducted by Jeremy Biesanz, Lauren Human and Genevieve Lorenzo, showed a positive bias toward attractive people. “If people think Jane is beautiful, and she is very organized and somewhat […]