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

Comment on WTF? Have we Vancouverites lost our minds? by nancy

nancy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:30:53 +0000

@Blair I sympathize with your frustration about not being able to afford a home in the very space in which you work. Affordable housing for all should be a priority for a society. A roof over the heads of every day employees as well as the down-and-outs is a basic, and I wish we prioritized that, for everyone, in addition to the double-professional-income/int’l investment crowd.
I don’t think anyone is “helping them shoot up…” although I suppose some people perceive insite that way (my view is, it’s preventing people who shoot up anyways, from dying - something I think is worthy of my tax dollars, although not all would agree, that’s for sure).

Comment on WTF? Have we Vancouverites lost our minds? by Blair

Blair — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:26:43 +0000

It’s time to quit enabling the situation downtown.

I work there and pay huge taxes - I can’t live in the city, nor can I afford to.

Why do these people have a “right” to squat where they want, and destroy the east side.

Quit feeding the addiction and do something like finding an area outside of Vancouver where they can settle and learn to be productive.

If they all have mental issues - set up a camp to treat them.

Leaving them to sleep on the streets is inhumane in itself. Helping them shoot up and smoke crack is worse.

Comment on Econ 101: $2.8 billion surplus in BC, from 2007 taxes. What to do? What to do? by Krupo

Krupo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:24:22 +0000

I’m a big fan of eliminating debt first… unless you predict a higher rate of return from another investment.

Comment on Econ 101: Rogers loses market share by Krupo

Krupo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:22:43 +0000

It’s about time!

Comment on Freebie Wed: The value of a pet’s love: priceless. by MSUnkempt

MSUnkempt — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:17:51 +0000

Priceless!

Comment on Personal Praxis: The cost of a friendship by nancy

nancy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:20:00 +0000

@monica Hugs received, and appreciated! I’m intrigued by the Oprah story, and may spend time hunting for it myself. I opted not to write back - I honestly wouldn’t know what to say, and I’m respecting the friend’s request for it to.be.over. But as @John Chow said, there are new friends … among them really funny, warm bloggers

Comment on Personal Praxis: The cost of a friendship by Monica Hamburg

Monica Hamburg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:05:19 +0000

Oh Nancy, I’m so sorry. That is so heartbreaking… It’s awful to be written off - especially when you see the “issue” as not a big deal and your friend sees it differently. The email “breakup” is particularly hurtful because it’s so one-sided, dismissive and cowardly, but it was unfortunately, it’s also easiest way for her to have done it, so…

As for the relationship, I wonder what you wrote back. I imagine you mentioned how hurt you were and how you saw things. Perhaps after some time without you, your friend will see how much she misses you.

I recently read something (in Oprah or the like) about salvaging relationship under a similar situation as you described - I tried to find it, but to no avail. (This one is OK for advice, though http://tinyurl.com/5rck5l )

Hugs.

Comment on Personal Praxis: The cost of a friendship by nancy

nancy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:02:30 +0000

@JohnChow *big grin* : spoken like the true entrepreneur that you are. You’re right of course - at this point, it’s about the future and all the possibilities that lie ahead. Thanks for dropping by!

@MJ Yeah, thankfully I’ve been able to interpret it all fairly objectively, ie., that my friend’s experience just wasn’t my experience. The gap between the two experiences is pretty wide though, so it’s hard not to wonder “am I crazy?”. I don’t think so … but it’s confusing.

@Jan I’d be a little choked if a friend didn’t attend a major life event too! I completely agree re: integrity. The tricky part comes when we balance between “I am, who I am” v. being willing to be influenced by another person (eg. the Late Friend example. Could she have taken ownership and been willing to figure out how to be on time?). I think your nuance is important - not to violate “who I Want to be”.

Comment on Guest Post: ditching plastic bags - why didn’t MSN Money readers jump on board by E

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:01:52 +0000

I have to admit that I have canvas bags but have never managed to use them for my groceries. Most of my grocery trips are impromptu ones, on my way home from somewhere … so I don’t have the canvas bags with me. I do have a garbage bin (Simple Human! plug!!) that fits standard plastic grocery bags so I make good use of them. If anything, the thing I can’t understand is people BUYING plastic bags to throw away.

And when available I’ll ask for paper bags and use that to collect my paper recycling. This way I can bring the recycle the entire bag and contents when it’s full.

I guess that puts in me in excuse group #3 … but I am still trying to do my bit!!

Comment on Personal Praxis: The cost of a friendship by Jan Karlsbjerg

Jan Karlsbjerg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:29:51 +0000

For me friendship (like so many other things) comes down to integrity. If I feel like I have to be somebody I don’t want to be (violate my own integrity) in order to be friends with somebody, then I consciously withdraw.
A couple of times I’ve had friends snub me at big, important occasions such as not coming to my Danish “we just got married” party. With another friend I noticed that it was always me who was taking the initiative to get together. In all cases I told them straight that I thought this was lousy, and that I’d like to see them make up for it. If they didn’t, then I felt that they had now chosen to give up on me. I don’t want to be somebody’s friend if they’re not my friend.
I don’t know what the disagreement is between you and your friend. My most recent BFF and I were in wild disagreement on politics, and after a couple of big fights about it we figured out to avoid the topic, and then we got along great. It didn’t feel like a sacrifice, it felt like a relief.