Being mindful consumers
As you may have heard, fellow Canadian personal finance blogger, Cait Flanders’ first book “The Year of Less” was launched in January. I have followed Cait’s journey on her blog for the last few years …
Frugality
How do you live frugally? What does frugality means? Frugality can mean many different things for different people. For me, frugality means living below your means without depriving yourself.
FIRE Canada Interview #2 – How I became financially independent at age 32
Since high school graduation, I have not kept up with many high school friends. So you can imagine how surprised I was to see a high school friend sending me a Facebook message about financial …
How to cook great food while staying on a budget & Christmas giveaway contest!
Today’s post came from my biggest supporter in life – Mrs. T! Here’s her frugal ideas on how to cook great food while staying on a budget. Enjoy! 🙂 Bob finally asked me to write …
Coaching service now available
Several readers have reach out to me via email about coaching on personal finance, investing, and financial independence related topics. While I have tried to answer questions via email, most of these questions really require …
How financially sound are you?
Although we own 6 Canadian banking stocks,we use Coast Capital Savings for our day-to-day banking. We are happy Coast Capital Savings customers. The other day I got a letter from Coast Capital Savings stating that they …
The one thing I wish people would understand about frugality
Last week I wrote about some weird things I think about before purchasing something. A few readers pointed out that calculating cost per unit on food items might not be all that practical… I agree …
Weird things that I think about before purchasing something
I was raised by frugal parents, therefore, frugality has been ingrained in my brain. Being frugal does not mean I don’t buy anything… ever. Rather, it simply means that when it comes to purchasing something, I …