Time flies when you’re living in the middle of a protest. For the last week and a half, I’ve been living right beside the Freedom Convoy protests here in Canada’s capital, and it has been…distracting to say the least. Things have calmed down significantly in the past few days, which…

I was doing the usual Sunday chores and housekeeping this morning, and decided to let YouTube whisk me down the rabbit hole to have some background noise as I did my thing. As I’m sure most of us no doubt know, Youtube’s algorithms combined with autoplay can produce widely varying…

As part of the millennial cohort that rents their primary residence, it pained me to type that title. However, the reality of the situation we’ve been facing over the last two years needs to be faced, and faced frankly. …

Life’s expensive. It sucks. We see the price tags rise on the goods and services we buy every day, often without a commensurate increase in our wages to compensate. Over the past two years especially, inflation has hit the average household hard — official inflation was between 4–5% in Canada…

As we enter the new year, one thing that I am making a point to focus on heavily this year is the motivation and process behind my writing here on Medium. When I first started writing, I did so because I wanted to: Share my thoughts, opinions, and experiences to…

It’s that time of the year again, those days between Christmas and New Year’s where half the time is spent in a food coma, recovering from holiday celebrations and preparing for the celebrations to ring in January 1. It’s also the time where many people resolve to bring about major…

One of the many buzzwords that have been thrown around throughout the pandemic, especially in recent months, is inflation. …

In my previous article, I went over a few of the things I learned while living with less in 2021. Part of that involved eliminating or reducing the amount of clutter in my life — both physical and digital. …

As we near the close of 2021, I thought I’d take a few minutes to reflect on the past year, and what I’ve learned by shifting my mindset and habits financially. I’ve never been one to splurge, but also never gave too much thought to following a budget or planning…