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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.
Emergency Fund Archive
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Emergency Fund Talk: When it becomes a BIG DEAL
Posted on June 17, 2013 | 2 CommentsTweet There’s a guy I know who has a good paying job ($120,000 a year), lives with his second wife plus he still has alimony and child support and is starting to feel the financial pinch. Where do I begin? His mom is sick and […] -
When should you ask for more money?
Posted on January 23, 2013 | No CommentsTweet Apparently, if you are willing (able?) to leave your job, it is the best position to be in to ask for more money. This paper studies the ex-ante effect of worker separations on wage negotiations using matched worker–firm data from The Netherlands. We find […] -
A True Story: The Dark Side of Financial Insecurity
Posted on October 24, 2011 | 13 CommentsTweet Two years ago, my friend contemplated suicide. She had a husband and two kids, she was $50,000 in debt from living expenses, the only one holding down a job, and her husband spiraling deeper into depression, cutting himself off from the world. He’d shut […] -
The Other Side of Freelancing
Posted on October 11, 2010 | 21 CommentsTweet Story time! I have a friend who has a freelancing wife. She works in a very niche area of the industry, whereas he works at a company doing a completely different job, earning (my guess) around $40,000 a year. She originally used to pull […] -
Savings versus Emergency Fund: What’s the difference?
Posted on September 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsTweet QUESTION: Hi I was wondering if you could cover this in your blog, a lot of PF bloggers talk about having an emergency fund and savings, and I’m wondering what is the difference? Isn’t the purpose of saving so that when life emergencies happen […]