Shoppers Drug Mart: Is their rewards program worth it?
Shoppers Drug Mart always seems to have slightly higher prices than other places. When things are on sale, I consider it to be the regular price in other stores, but otherwise, it&
When you say you’re frugal, are you really just cheap?
Some people might think that “being frugal” is the nice way of saying “you’re cheap”, but I beg to differ even though I really hate the word frugal. I
Organizing Series: How to organize your cords and cables
I use two methods to organize my cords and cables. USE VELCRO STRIPS The first method is the simplest. Just go and pick up some velcro strips at any hardware store (e.g. Can
How much should you save each year for retirement? The rule of 30
I’ve written before about a Fidelity benchmark floating around on how much you should save for retirement, but here’s another benchmark via Yahoo from Jim Otar of Reti
Minimalist and Organized Key Ring: Use a rock-climbing ring
Keys drive me crazy. Like literally up the wall crazy, especially when you have to remove them off a key ring, or need to fish a specific key out to use to get out of your parking
Investing Series: Why do we care who holds the stocks? (Institutional ownership)
This is a part of the Investing Series. ——————————————————- The short a
Money doesn’t care about your feelings
The best motivating line for me to save (and maybe work) aggressively is: Money doesn’t care about your feelings. That’s really it, isn’t it? Money doesn’t
No skill jobs are the worst on all fronts, not just in pay
Low-paying, minimum wage jobs which a large percentage of people who work in hate with a passion, are also low-skilled jobs that aren’t required to have an education to perf
Freelancers should treat themselves like a business
Freelancing makes people think you sit around in your pajamas all day, watching TV and getting paid for it. Everything about that sentence is true except the last part. As a freela
The #1 Personality Trait that’s the Key to Success: Conscientiousness
I’ve always been interested in learning what makes other people successful, and what makes them tick. I hear a lot of words being thrown around to describe these people: Ambi