Spending Habits

A Fruitful Fruit Bite TL;DR: Make smarter big purchases by consulting with a financial pro before buying — especially about whether to finance or pay cash. Sometimes debt grows little by little — like impulse purchases on a credit card — and suddenly you realize you’ve built up $10,000 worth. …

W​ho else needs a break from doing everything online? And w​hose ready to get a hold of their spending? F​or most people, you will understand a topic better when handwriting down the information. We can make spreadsheets all day about everything we need to organize in our lives, but sometimes…

I’ve been trying to adopt a zero waste lifestyle because, in all honesty, living is so expensive these days. Gas prices are up, grocery bills are skyrocketing, and it almost feels like I’m treading on water just to barely stay afloat. So, in an attempt to save money initially, I…

Tell me if I’m on the right track here: someone, possibly an uncle, possibly an advisor, possibly a guy on the radio, has told you the importance of saving in the past three hours. Yep, that’s how often statistically we get told this bogus lie. (Probably- I’m no statistician.) Every…

The Numbers are crunched — Well the numbers are in and they’re looking pretty good. I spent two months, 60 days, traveling through Greece, Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. I was traveling solo the entire time. Overall, I spent $7,786 which equates to 132 $CAD/day. Since the first fifteen days in…

For your household to attain its long-term financial goals, you must understand and practice wealth principles in your spending and saving. Knowing where and how you spend your money becomes simple once these principles are adopted. This is why personal wealth education is crucial in our daily financial decisions. First…

At first, this might seem like a silly question to ask. Course we all want more money, duh! But are we prepared to give up on the things we want now so that we can have more money down the line? We live in a day and age of immediacy…

Inflation. It’s pretty much all anyone is talking about. At least in my household! It manages to crop up at (nearly) every dinner convo so much so that my mum is wishing inflation would disappear — to shut us all up! More like me. Jokes aside, I promise you, inflation…

We care what others think of us. It’s natural. We’re human after all! And the opinions of others are important to us, they mean something. There’s no shame in admitting to that. The problem is when we care too much about what other people think. To the point where we’re…