The Costs of “Treating Yourself”

Naturally, most people are much better spenders than we are savers. Especially when you’re putting purchases on credit cards compared to paying in cash and not physically seeing the impact of your spending. These guilty pleasure purchases have become a catchphrase that when you hear of someone “treating themselves”, the conversation usually follows up with […]

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It’s Official! Money Can Buy Happiness

Have you heard the saying, “money can’t buy happiness”? Well, new research is now saying otherwise. According to a study from University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, that was recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found buying time makes people happier than buying material things. Global […]

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Small Things To Give Up If You Want To Save More

We’re all always looking to save more money, but when it comes down to it, what are you willing to sacrifice to save? We’ve become accustom to some of these things that we think we “need” them because we’ve had them for so long, when really it’s more of a “want” and would be just […]

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The Costs Of Getting Married

Wedding season is upon us! Global News did a feature piece on the costs that come with getting married and on average a wedding will cost you approximately $30,000 US. Wedding Bells magazine did a Canadian survey and found that in 2015 Canadian couples would spend $30,717 on a wedding that included the honeymoon. Needless to say, […]

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