Saving for Serenity

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This post is the third of a series on “spend less than you make”. See also the articles on spending, less, and make.
“Spend less than you make.” Such a simple yet complex phrase. But what does it really mean? This series of posts will take an in-depth look at just what it means to spend [...]

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Last week I asked how much I should spend on housing. I showed that while I am currently spending about 60% of my income, it is recommend I spend around a third, and my ideal is to be paying around a quarter. What about debt repayment? How much of my net income should I spend [...]

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Over the last year or two, a number of online websites that help you deal with your personal finances have popped up. They work by aggregating all of your personal finance information, compiling it, and offer back to you an easy to view overview of your finances.
Mint is probably the most popular and common website.
We [...]

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My Housing Costs
When I first moved to North Vancouver, I moved into a one bedroom apartment with a roommate. North Vancouver is known for being a fairly expensive place to live (besides Victoria and the downtown core, probably the most expensive place in BC). We were paying $1100 a month, so split between us, that [...]

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When I started blogging a couple of months ago, I started doing a lot of reading as well. I started subscribing to all manner of personal finance blogs, looking for ways to network and connect with other writers. One of the best ways I’ve found to connect with other bloggers is through Twitter.

For the unititated, [...]

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Well, it’s been one busy week.
The reason I didn’t post a weekend review last week is because. I moved! During the chaos, I managed to find a little bit of time to squeak out some thoughts on the process, like how I went about changing my address, the headache and time sink of refinishing some [...]

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In terms of Personal Finance, “The Gap” has nothing to do with the global retailer. It just seems that a number of us are going to think about it anytime I reference “The Gap”, so we might as well get it out of the way.
When I wrote about Calculating Your TRUE Financial Health, I mentioned [...]

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There’s a number of resources out in the personal finance realm that can assist you in your quest to determine your financial health. Every so often I’ll come across a website or a post that will help me determine just how good I am doing financially. You have your classic internet financial aggregators, like Mint [...]

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There’s an often cited example of personal finance that revolves around the issue of a $4 latte. The typical theory is that if one was to stop buying a daily latte, and instead invest the money, they would be rich. The math and the logic behind that argument is generally hard to refute, but as [...]

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As The Great Blog Off enters its final week, I just wanted to give you some insight into who I am, and how I got to be blogging about personal finance on the interwebs. Its not like I woke up one day thinking to myself, “gee, I wonder where I can find the best interest [...]