helping canadians be savvy, informed and thoughtful about their money
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2008
Quick casting call: cbc radio 1 (morning edition) wants to do a week-long series, pairing me with a canadian in debt. I’ll help shape a get-out-of-debt plan, no charge. If you or anyone you know is interested, ping me at nancy at your money by design (all one word) dot com.
Posted in case study, praxis on Nov 29th, 2008
Photo Credit: Michael Blanchard
I’ve been having a few conversations with clients/prospective clients on how to save yourself from yourself vis a vis your money.
Here are 3 of my fave quick-and-dirty tricks:
Set up a high interest savings account anywhere other than your primary bank/credit union. Set up an automatic savings plan, even if only $10/paycheque (start small if [...]
Posted in cool guest posts, philosophy of $, smart shopping on Nov 27th, 2008
A guest post by Dawn Bowles, Founder and CEO of DreamBank.
Photo Credit: Techvibes
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A tremendous amount of waste is incurred during the holiday season. Garbage from festivities, unwanted or disposable gifts, packaging and wrapping, in addition to the vast over-consumption, threatens to reduce the enjoyment–and usurp the true intention and meaning–of the season. As we [...]
Posted in econ 101 on Nov 25th, 2008
We all know my plan for the economy.
Here’s what the men with the power are doing:
Obama’s rescue plan is taking shape and it’s bigger than anticipated: $500Billion in new-jobs spending and tax cuts. Injecting money is one of the only options left to stimulate consumers into spending, since interest rates are already at near zero.
We [...]
Posted in econ 101, philosophy of $, praxis on Nov 24th, 2008
Just a short thot. I’m utterly fatigued of words like Abundance. Prosperity. Wealth.
They have the odour, for me, of negligent obliviousness to the fact that we are not paying, and have not paid for a long, long time, the true cost of our acquisitions that constitute this so-called wealth. We’ve been naively content to let [...]
Posted in philosophy of $ on Nov 21st, 2008
This woman captures all the depth of human longing – and it’s so not about money, is it?
Posted in praxis on Nov 20th, 2008
I’m more than a little choked at the reasons both NPA and the media are surmising I – and 67,598 of my fellow vancouverites – voted for Gregor/Vision/COPE.
The reasons cited by NPA and the media are precisely illustrative of the fact that They Don’t Get It and seem genuinely at a loss as to why [...]
Posted in freebies or nearly on Nov 19th, 2008
The “Tooth Fairy” set sale!
toys|linens|dishware|furniture|warehouse shelving|surprises
Dec 1 & 2, 9am – 5pm
Mammoth Film Studio
2882 Underhill
Burnaby (entrance off Underhill Ave)
This Freebie Intel brought to you by Steve
Posted in econ 101 on Nov 18th, 2008
Photo Credit: Metapede
You’ve heard by now that the US auto industry is in it up to the tops of their heads.
The Big Three are experiencing a drop in sales the likes of which they haven’t seen in a quarter century.
And as Charles Wilson (as in Charlie Wilson’s War) said, “What’s good for GM is [...]
Posted in praxis, smart shopping on Nov 17th, 2008
My bro and his family have pretty much everything they want, and more, and they know it. Their son, my gorgeous nephew, is thoroughly indulged and adored by his grandparents and similarly has everything he could want, and more.
So a couple years back, my brother put the halt on excessive gift-giving at Christmas. Actually, not [...]
