A year ago I wrote about my Year to a Healthier Lifestyle. The quick recap is to avoid my blood sugar levels of crossing into diabetes territory, I had to make lifestyle changes to bring my weight down. Fear is…
How Sweet – My Credit Card Misses Me!
Check it out! I just got this email from Rogers Bank, where I have a Fido Mastercard. Aw, how sweet! My credit card misses me! Well, at least the bank that owns the credit card misses me… Too bad!…
Nobody Cares More About My Money Than I Do
It’s boggling to see where we were at the beginning of the year and thinking about financial goals and challenges. Three months later we had to adjust our thinking as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world. Many of us…
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
Coulda, woulda, shoulda. I hear Judge Judy saying that phrase many times on her show, and I think about how those words apply right now. Finance writers Is anyone else noticing this? There are many finance writers and other bloggers…
Changing your Money Attitudes when you’re Suddenly Single
If you’ve gone through a relationship breakdown or partner’s death, your financial situation is going to change, and probably drastically for the worse. Especially if your significant other brought in the bulk of the household income. More than likely you…
Now that Christmas and your Money are Gone…
It’s time to follow up on a post from late 2019 about Christmas stress caused by lack of money. January credit card statements have been rolling in with the bad news on how much Christmas shopping you did. The big…
How I lost over 200 Pounds!
Ha ha! As you can probably tell by the photo, this is more about a break up story than a weight loss story. But if that’s what you’re looking for – I did lose a good deal of weight recently,…
New Year’s Financial Resolutions Challenges on Low Income
Are you the type of person who makes New Years Resolutions? Not me. I fall into the group who doesn’t keep them! Yeah, that’s probably over 90% of us. What are typical New Year’s goals? Losing weight, exercising, and cutting…
How do you Feel about Money?
I think about money a lot. The things I could do if I had more money. Ways that I could make more money. Fears about outliving my money and spending my senior years in poverty. One of the things I’m…
What do Single Women need to know about Banking?
There are over 6 million single women in Canada – never married, separated, divorced, or widowed. Many of us are dealing with pay inequality, low income, unemployment, and are caregivers to children or aging parents. Whether we’re just starting out,…
