Nancy Zimmerman: a canadian money coach (not a financial planner!)

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One of my girlfriends dreads gift shopping events – birthdays, weddings, and above all else, Christmas. She feels like whatever she purchases just won’t cut it with the recipient. Similarly, a former client of mine deliberately traveled out of town on any occasions involving gifts, holding the firm view [...]

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I saw Twilight this weekend. Allegedly it’s as popular with the yummy-mummy crowd as its original teenage target market.
I can see why. While the acting was wooden and the dialogue banal, there’s no question that the eye-candy factor was off the scale. More importantly, and I expect this is the [...]

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I’ve had a couple tough days.  I’m off work, ill.  Headache, achey bones, and a fatigue that’s taken me down for the count.  I hate being sick!  Additionally I’m missing a lot about Vancouver these days.  Don’t get me wrong – I really enjoy Yellowknife – but there are experiences and places and shops and [...]

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Dr. M. Elizabeth Snow
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Why I Bought A Smart Car
I am a thoroughly cheap frugal person. I’m sure it comes from the many, many years I spent as a starving student1. So when I got a car that required me to have a car, “how much is a car going to cost me?” [...]

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I’ve been adamant about not stepping foot inside the local Walmart store here in Yellowknife. You know all the reasons:

Crushes small businesses
Poor labour practices
And as far as I’m concerned, perpetuating consumption of cheap junky clutter.

But the company is starting to challenge my ideas about them.
Back in 2006 they switched to LED lights for [...]

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Margaret Visser  has done it again -  taken something as ordinary as saying Thank You and found fascinating things to say about it in a new book, discussed on cbc’s Tapestry  this morning.  Fascinating things like:
1. If someone gives a gift, it’s polite to not immediately reciprocate.  Why?  It stops wars.  Seriously.
Think way back [...]

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ZenHabits is one of the loveliest blogs I know.
Today’s post was on micro-addictions, and how to overcome them.  I recommend taking a moment to read the post.
Interestingly, I was interviewed by Global TV about money habits – the little things, not the huge stuff and in a way, the little things are micro-money-addictions.  (watch for [...]

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I suppose figuring out what constitutes an “indulgence” varies by socio-economic status. This weekend, I indulged in 5 things that as a middle-income earner felt entirely gorgeous – and I did it at reasonable (imho) prices.

photo credit: Roland

Went to Spa Utopia, again. For $100 you not only get a massage, but you are [...]

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