Hi, and welcome to my site! It’s a blog about personal finance and careers, told through the lens of my search for happiness and mindfulness in life. Why those things? Well, because most people view them as a necessarily evil to use in their pursuit of happiness in life… and I think they can be more than that!

21Aug2020
General
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August 21, 2020
Walking in my local neighbourhood the other day, I saw kids playing ball hockey in the street. It made me reflect on how common that was when I was younger, versus how relatively rare it’s become these days. I never played ball hockey, but I did spend lots of time outdoors growing up gardening with my mom and my nonna, and I’m really glad I did. Here are 5 benefits I think getting your kids involved in gardening can offer.
14Aug2020
The Arts
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August 14, 2020
If you’re a Rush fan, then you get the above reference. For the uninitiated, the Temples of Syrinx are a fictitious set of structures referenced in the song 2112 and created by mankind in a dystopian future where all traces of art are lost to humanity – until a boy discovers a guitar behind a waterfall, that is. My thoughts drifted toward the temples of Syrinx this week as I reflected on this pandemic, and the groups that have been hit especially hard by it.
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August 7, 2020
Hey guys, no post this week - I'm on vacation, likely on a dock with beer in hand. We're all allowed some time off now and then, right? :) I'll be back with a fresh post next week!
31Jul2020
Investing
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July 31, 2020
In an earlier post, I explained how index funds work – essentially, they buy all of the largest funds on a market index proportionally, so that the investment moves the same way as the index it tracks. Today, I’m going to explain how you can actually beat the market by buying index funds.
24Jul2020
Careers
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July 24, 2020
We all know someone who’s had a bad experience with their financial advisor, realtor, or mechanic. When you hear stories like that, it’s easy to become cynical and think of every representative in that industry as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The problem with painting everyone with the same brush is that it makes you blind to the good, honest, hard-working people that are at least as prevalent as the bad in every industry. Today, I want to share an example of someone like that.
17Jul2020
General
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July 17, 2020
This pandemic has shut everyone up in their homes for months now. Despite things slowly beginning to reopen, gyms are going to be one of the last places people are going to want to return to… and the fact that you can’t find fitness equipment anywhere – except obnoxious attempts at price-gouging like this idiot, for example – means more and more people are looking for workouts they can do at home with no equipment whatsoever. If you’re looking for a series of no-equipment fitness workouts you can easily do at home, here are a few videos to get you started.
10Jul2020
Karate
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July 10, 2020
I recently started joining my wife in practicing yoga more regularly. Almost immediately upon starting up, I noticed a number of interesting similarities between yoga and karate – similarities that make the two disciplines complimentary to one another. Here are five of the most significant ones.
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July 4, 2020
Hey guys, There'll be no post this week - I'm giving myself a vacation after 200 posts! I'll be back to our regularly-scheduled programming next week, though :)
26Jun2020
General
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June 26, 2020
This week is a very special one for my blog – today’s post marks my 200th blog post. I’ve been writing on this site for over three years now, and I’ve enjoyed every step in the journey so far. Thinking about the lessons I’ve learned since I first started writing back in February of 2017, a few lessons really stood out to me.
19Jun2020
Personal Finance
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June 19, 2020
With the weather getting nicer by the day, people are in full-on summer mode, even despite the social distancing rules we all still face. With that comes the usual summer rush of people looking to buy and sell their homes. If you’re in the group looking to buy, then the acronyms “GDS” and “TDS” should mean something to you. What!? They don’t? Then it’s time to change that. Read on!
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