Category Archives: Budgeting

Learning to Fail Fast

Nobody likes to make mistakes. However, the simple reality of life is that at some point, all of us are going to be wrong, do something bad, or somehow screw something up. That's just life, and it has been since we learned how to walk, write out the alphabet, and do calculus. We ...

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Mint.com Has Added Canadian Banks

Back in September I wrote about how it was expected that Mint.com was coming to Canada in early 2010. Then a week later it was announced that Intuit was buying Mint. This led to more speculation on whether Canadian banks were still in the cards and if so, when ...

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Crafting a Gas Budget

Now that we are in the heat of summer, there's nothing quite like the open road. During the winter, roads are dangerous, unforgiving, and generally quite frustrating to deal with. Getting from place to place is such a hassle. However, now that the sun is up far longer than it is ...

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Preparing For Christmas in June

I know, I know. It's barely hit June, the sun has just finally become warm, you're thinking about camping, swimming at the beach, and mosquito bites, not Christmas. Not only is Christmas over six months away, we just got through a long cloudy spring, desperate for those warm summer nights, campfires, ...

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The Relative Cost of Things

One would think that personal finance is mathematically simple. I mean, math is math, and numbers, as they say, don't lie. In fact, personal finance math is some of the easiest math there is. You learn the basics in grade one. Addition, subtraction, and by grade two you are already multiplying and dividing. ...

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