April net worth, budget and life updates
Oh hiiiiiiiiiii middle of May! Nice to see you here all spring-like and wonderful. What? April’s update should have come two weeks ago? Unfortunately, I’ve been busy doing a whole bunch of stuff and...
View ArticleI Quit My Job
I’ve been away from my blog for a little bit BUT there was a very good reason for it — despite being in an industry that I love and having been quickly promoted in my current job, I had grown bored and...
View ArticleJune, July and August updates. With pictures!
Hey everyone! I wrote last week’s post on the first day of my sleep diet (more on that later) and COMPLETELY forgot to insert the photos. They were all uploaded and the story was written around them...
View ArticleHow I made a lot of money, lost it all and then made a whole bunch more
Financial stories seem to be all the rage these days and so I thought that I’d share mine Here’s an artist’s rendition of my net worth chart: I’ve been tracking my money since September 2008 — when I...
View Article2014 — I saved 52% of my net income
This has been the best year ever! I started this year off with really low spirits. Historically, even-numbered years have been my undoing and thankfully, that worry was misplaced however. After the...
View ArticleHow much money have I earned in my lifetime?
I LOVED Jessica’s post “How Much Money I’ve Made After Working a Decade“! I wrote a more vague post awhile back on how I earned all of my money but I never thought to add up the numbers and examine how...
View ArticleFebruary in review
Prince William was in Japan last week and I missed him. Woe is me! Make all the fun you want but I am a royalist through and through and no amount of “News Flash: Woman has a baby” will get me to stop....
View Article2015: Make ALL the money!
2013 was the year of adventure. Between dropping my plans to move to Edmonton, spontaneously taking off for Europe, moving to Calgary, starting a new job in a new industry and moving in with Le...
View ArticleMy 5 Year Plan: 2 Years Later
Can you believe it’s been more than TWO YEARS since I sat down in a Hungarian hostel and wrote a 5 year plan?! Last year’s update wasn’t too fantastic because, well, temporarily living in a small...
View ArticleA Day in Korean Life
Let’s go back to like… last month, when I was living and working in South Korea. Every single time I thought to do this post I would forget to take pictures until midday and would vow to do it later…...
View ArticleMAY!
May is here! My birthday is in May so, obviously, the entire first half of the month drags on and on. The month started with me trying to keep my Hong Kong trip a secret from the other teachers. Why? I...
View ArticleI’m getting married!
Yay, getting married! Things are going to be a bit different on the blog from now on — I got engaged a couple of months ago and, out of shyness and not wanting to make it a big deal, I haven’t really...
View ArticleI’m not getting a name change after the wedding
In Quebec, women aren’t allowed to take their husbands’ name. In fact, it’s not allowed to have any kind of name change (save for unfortunate circumstances like if someone with the same name as you...
View ArticleA Day In The Life: August 10th
Welcome! If you remember, I’ve done two “Day In The Life” posts, one when I was living in Calgary and once when I recollected an average day in Korea. This time, I’m going to talk about my life in...
View ArticleNo one is looking at you
Last Christmas I noticed that I was getting winded all of the time and feeling like crap. I chalked it up to the fact that I was running around a lot, working until 10.30 every night and sleeping in...
View ArticleCouch Potato to 10k
In our tiny town of 8,000 people, there aren’t a lot of runners. Despite that, the hills, large open space and running paths through the parks and forests makes the town an ideal place to hold races....
View ArticleDon’t Waste Your Money On Swarovski
I thought I was the smartest girl. When it came time to choose my engagement ring I only had two specifications: It had to be sparkly and it had to be emerald-cut. At Costco in Korea, we saw this...
View ArticleDon’t Think — Take A Gap Year
I was conflicted about taking a gap year after high school. Part of me loved the idea of taking a year-long holiday to backpack around Europe eating gelato and working in the UK. Unfortunately, the gap...
View ArticleA Day In The Life: September 10th
4:30 am Are you kidding me!? I wake up, chipper and excited about my day but a little pissed off that it’s 4.30 in the morning. I grab my phone and browse Twitter — nothing. Facebook? Nothing. Reddit?...
View ArticleWhy Hotels Need a Credit Card
I made two mistakes when I started working in the hotel industry. The first was to assume that any city was a good place to launch a hospitality career (Calgary is not) and the second was that people...
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