Give Me Back My Five Bucks

My 5-year college reunion is tomorrow. It’s crazy how the last few years have flown by, and it’s made me reflect back on how I’ve shaped the first 5 years of my career: (7 months) writer in provincial government (12 months) marketing coordinator in municipal government (8 months) marketing coordinator in non-profit (18 months) marketing coordinator in real estate (15 months) marketing coordinator – current job How many jobs did you have in the first 5 years of your career? I was able to determine the direction I wanted my career to go fairly early on, and I’ve been relatively … Continue reading →

According to a recent study done by a group of sociologists, young adults (aged 18-34) can actually benefit and improve their self-esteem by carrying debt. Debt has the ability to give them a feeling of “mastery” – or the idea of being in control of something. And the more debt you have, the bigger the boost you seem to get. That’s the good (?) news. The bad news is, this false sense of confidence only lasts until you’re 28 – when, as you can imagine, it starts to have the opposite effect. The study found that debt boosts self-esteem because … Continue reading →

Monday 13th No Spend Day! Tuesday 14th $48 gym pass (10x card) $17.37 dinner (Pearl hot pot) Wednesday 15th $3.76 Starbucks $5.19 Waves Thursday 16th No Spend Day! Friday 17th $95.63 groceries $43.51 gas $9.96 Subway Saturday 18th $3.74 Caffe Artigiano Sunday 19th $5.50 Starbucks WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $232.66 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME: $0 TOTAL: - $232.66 Well, this was an expensive week. And to top it off, I didn’t make any extra money. In fact, this is the first week since January that I haven’t made a single cent in freelance income. I mean, it was bound to happen, but I’m feeling like a … Continue reading →

As a short follow-up to my post about using coupons on the first date, over the past week I haven’t been able to subtly convince anybody to use a coupon with me. I even straight-up asked a guy on a first date what he thought about using coupons. He just laughed at me, then looked a little horrified when he realized I was serious. My official stance on using coupons on a first-date is that I would have a neutral-to-somewhat-positive reaction to it. I don’t think I’d be high-fiving the guy if he pulled out a coupon (like I previously … Continue reading →

I’ve had a few of you ask for an update on my braces, so here we go… It’s been about 2.5 months now, and it has taken a long time to get used to them. At the beginning, I literally wanted to rip them out of my mouth. I thought I looked hideous, they were super uncomfortable, and they were always cutting up the inside of my mouth. They still do sometimes, but my mouth is now a lot tougher than it used to be. This will make me sound like a total dork and maybe I’ll regret telling the … Continue reading →