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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.
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Recent Posts
- How You Can Use Your Home to Finance Your Dreams
- 10 Things to Cut From Your Daily Routine to Save More Money
- 8 Expensive Home Repairs You Can Handle Without a Professional
- Ways to Save Money When Building a New House
- 5 Practical Ways That a Personal Loan Can Help You
- 4 Simple Reasons to Consider Cosmetic Surgery
- Ways to Finance Your Summer Vacation
- Things to Consider When Moving
- Writing content for your website that will rank and convert well
- The Future is here with Smart Homes
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Job Archive
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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 […] -
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 […] -
The Most Profitable Small Businesses To Start
Posted on October 17, 2014 | 1 CommentTweet A lot of people ask this question, so Thomas Stanley (PF researcher of millionaires extraordinaire) listed out the stats for where you can make the most money as a self-employed, small business owner: management services on a contract basis, .55 <— My job engineering […] -
What is your college education worth?
Posted on October 10, 2014 | No CommentsTweet Georgetown did a study and came up with this: A college degree in general boosts your lifetime earnings by 84%. A closer look at 171 majors shows that there can be a difference of about 300% between the highest-paying majors and the lowest-paying ones. […] -
Got a brand new shiny job? Watch out for these pitfalls.
Posted on June 20, 2014 | No CommentsTweet Congratulations! You have a shiny new job and you’re going from making $10/hour (minimum wage in Ontario) to $40,000 a year! WOW! $40,000!!!!!! That is DOUBLE what you were making before. ($10/hour x 2000 hours a year = $20,000) But wait. Does this mean […]