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Always Thinking Quality Has To Be Expensive

Recently I have been looking for some heavier dumbbells which means it’s time to go shopping. While looking at some of the prices, it seemed a bit ridiculous to pay like $1.75 per pound. I almost feel like I should just find a heavy rock and lift it for exercise. Since it’s not exactly my

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Financial Management

Telling A Child That You Can’t Afford It

I was reading a quick tip article on Forbes today that revolved around good and bad ways to raise a financially savvy kid. Some of the advice such as leading by example with your own spending habits and introducing an allowance is something I highly agree with. However, it made a point that you shouldn’t

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Making Money

More Worried About How Much You Save or How Much People Make

So as you all know on Amazon Prime day I purchased a microphone that normally retails for over $180 for about $50. While I bought it initially for a friend as he expressed interest in it, he became wishy washy about it as he mentioned he was trying to save up for other things. Therefore,

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Financial Management

Remembering When Your Patience Pays Off

I have still been researching for a new smartphone as there didn’t seem to be anything that matched my needs while having a reasonable price. While I was very close to simply settling with what was available, I decided to wait still. Sure enough, this week there were a lot of announcements of new phones

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Business

A Smart Consumer or A Dumb Shopper

I was watching this segment about food labels today and how for the most part a lot of the health claims on packages are more for marketing purposes. Not too surprising overall. What stood out to me was the comment that labelled people into categories where you are either a consumer or a shopper. In

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Financial Management

End Day Reminders To Manage Money Better

I often have a habit of keeping tangible copies of my expenses at the end of the day as a way to reflect how much I have spent. For example, I often use public transit a lot to save money and yesterday I placed the transit tickets on my desk at the end of the

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