Pick a goal, not an excuse – The Paradox of Success
I get a lot of comments on Instagram when I post things like my savings rate, or my income. A lot of these comments are along the lines of: Oh it’s easy for you to save 50% o
Can’t save $100, can’t save $1000 or Why a rich mindset matters
I talk a lot about rich and poor mindsets and to be clear, I am not talking about BEING rich or BEING poor, I am talking about the way you look at, think of, and consider your mone
When your home increases in value, you start feeling richer even if you aren’t
There was an interesting study from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in 2015 when they showed that each time a house rose in value by 1% from the market, there was a half a perc
When will you have ‘enough’ money to spend the way that you want?
I did an informal poll on Instagram: I also then received plenty of DMs like this: So here’s what I think… AT SOME POINT IT IS ENOUGH MONEY I mean
How much inheritance or money should we really expect from our parents?
Financial inequality is nothing new to write home about, but now it seems that in today’s overheated market and economy, you can’t really get ahead without any money fr
Plans for Little Bun’s Education and Future (Money-Wise)
So this is the plan for Little Bun (in my head) at the moment. Nothing is set in stone, I am going with the flow of what he seems to be able to understand and so on. Today, I showe
What does it take to be wealthy?
I found this Modern Wealth Survey interesting, going from 2020 to 2021, about how people were savers at 64% and some were PLANNING to be savers. I do not have to tell you that a pl
Who are Canada’s top 1%? (2022)
TOP 1% INCOME = $513,700 There are 287,490 people in Canada who hit this high income tax bracket and it is an increase of 1.8%. The median income is $345,300 (meaning the middle pe
Turns out, you can buy happiness with money & rich people are happier with even more money
It seems money does buy happiness after all, but there’s a catch. I put the entire Instagram caption here for your convenience – it is pretty much the article itself, b
Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP): Maxing it out before versus waiting for the match to have the highest returns
Note: This is clearly only if you have the money to be able to max it out at the start, but I am exploring the options of maxing out an RESP at the start of your child’s life