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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
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.
Debt Archive
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Lesson learned from “Madame Bovary”
Posted on February 4, 2016 | No CommentsTweet “Madame Bovary” written by Gustave Flaubert is a wonderful example of what happens to us when we get consumeritis. To get money she began selling her old gloves, her old hats, the old odds and ends, and she bargained rapaciously, her peasant blood standing […] -
Credit is like Oxygen
Posted on October 31, 2014 | No CommentsTweet Credit is a lot like oxygen: When you have a lot of it, you can get a little high off it and you never worry about it running out, nor do you think about using it. When you don’t have it but you’re used […] -
Calculate how long it’ll take to save double (Rule of 72)
Posted on August 1, 2014 | No CommentsTweet A lot of you die-hard PF’ers will have already known this, but The Rule of 72 bears mentioning. Whatever number you are looking at, and divide the number ’72’ by the interest rate. The number you get at the end, will be how long […] -
How is anybody affording this?
Posted on July 4, 2014 | 2 CommentsTweet Do you ever find yourself listening to a situation and asking: How are you affording this? I do this out of total PF curiousity because I just want to know so I can do it too! 😛 HOW CAN YOU AFFORD THAT? Carrie Bradshaw’s […] -
“Poor” is not a standard definition
Posted on December 2, 2013 | 2 CommentsTweet If you have a million dollar income but you borrow money from someone who makes less than you do, you’re poor. I know it sounds offbeat and not quite right but think about it: Who borrows? Those who don’t have any money. And who […]