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As you have probably heard, ETrade is having a customer appreciation day where they are waiving all [...]

When is it appropriate to spend more money to improve our standard of living? This is a question that I’ve asked myself numerous times after I started living on my own a few years ago. After much discussion with my soon-to-be wife, we finally decided to move out of our current one [...]

Focusing on work during the holidays is extremely hard.  In fact, I heard from the radio that one in three people admit that they are thinking about Christmas more than work in December.  With all the shopping lists and parties to worry about, there just doesn’t seem to be any space to fit work in [...]

A huge “Thank you!” to everyone that sent me your regards while my grandfather is in the hospital.  Although I wish I could stay here forever, I will be flying back to the US for work in a couple days.  For those that are concerned, he is recovering very well and he should be able [...]

My boss is really generous around Christmas as he would give us 3 different Christmas gifts. I want to use this post as a thank you to his generosity!

He would treat all his employees and one family member one night of free accommodation the night of our annual Christmas party. Usually how it [...]

I’m in Canada and my grandfather is doing better now even though he will still be in intensive care for another few weeks.  It is a sign of relief for the whole family and hopefully it’s nothing but good news from here on out.
Every day, we have a 35 km (approximately 22 miles) ride to [...]

Awhile back, I asked you how much money you would spend if you won $1 million dollars instantly. Before I go into details, let’s see the results first.

As you can see, many people (exactly 50% in fact) say they will spend less than 5% ($50,000) if they instantly won this amount of money. [...]

My grandfather being in the hospital really puts things into perspective for me.  No matter how wealthy we are, it means nothing if we aren’t healthy.  Many people, including myself, work so hard at our jobs.  We miss lunches, and sometimes sleep just to advance our career a little more.  We work late on weekdays [...]