A sinking fund is a fund that includes all the once a year expenses that we sometimes forget to include in our monthly budget. Quick,...

"What is Financial Infidelity and am I a victim or a perpetrator of it?" Financial infidelity is hiding your purchases and debts from your s

Oh man, COVID is such a struggle and I'm still not over it and neither is the rest of the world. I never dreamed that we would get COVID...

We have entered a weird world of transition this past month. One of our On Boarding class leaders called it a “vacation with God!” They...

In honour of the twenty years that I have been waiting to live aboard Mercy Ships, here are twenty random facts. 1. We get to have church...

The last week of preparing to leave was definitely emotionally taxing. Probably one of the most difficult mixture of emotions between...

I'll be the first to admit that I had to do quite a bit of research about Canadian Homebuying rules because it's been 16 years since I...

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Canada is an awesome place to live! Our healthcare system is fan-freakin-tastic! As a nurse, I know full well the many flaws in our...

So I started playing around with my credit card rewards points and soon realized that the travel redemption could be worth more value than t

Well we took the leap of DIY investing mid-January and it's been an interesting journey so far. Now, I know why my dad always said, "I don't

Why are we as women sometimes afraid to take ownership of our own personal finances? Or at least be equals with our partner or spouse?...

(warning: this was meant to be in jest and not mean-spirited). Dear Financial Advisor It's a scary step. It's not me, it's you! I know...

Show yourself that you really can learn a new skill! Prove that inner voice wrong!

Today I'm proposing something different. What if we didn’t have to deal with student loan debt because we avoided it like the plague or lik

In light of the recent school announcement about children in grades 4-12 wearing masks when necessary in schools and on buses starting this

It seems easier and less acutely painful to learn vicariously through someone else's mistakes. My hope, is that you can learn from some of

Anyway, that’s our story of how we made it through university from 2015-2017 and saved and prepared for that great adventure!

When you decide to start this journey towards your goal, please remember that it is a marathon and not a sprint.