In my last post in this series, I compared and contrasted the income and tax situation of working for the man versus working for yourself. After adding up the benefits and tax effects (and not counting additional tax breaks that your business may be eligible for), the main effect was mostly a wash. Yes, self-employed [...]
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What Do You Lose when You Decide to Stop Working for the Man?
32 Comments Kevin on Apr 12th 2012
Filed under Growing Your Wealth,Miscellaneous,Motivation,Opinion
Things You Need to Know Before Becoming a Freelancer: How Much Do You Need To Earn?
What is your opportunity cost? In my last post in this series, I talked about becoming a freelancer, and some of the things we have to consider. Why would someone become a freelancer? Is it feasible for someone of average means? How much money do you need to survive? Another important point to consider is [...]
29 Comments Kevin on Apr 10th 2012
Did everyone have a good Easter weekend? I did! I saw my family, my girlfriend is back from Nigeria, and everything is just going well. Things are looking up since that punch to the face I took last month. Sure, my income hasn’t recovered, sure, I’m still out of a bike, but my girlfriend is [...]
7 Comments Kevin on Apr 9th 2012
Filed under Economics,Miscellaneous,Opinion,Philosophy
Canada’s New Budget: A Paradigm Shift – Although a Small One
The following post is by staff writer Teacher Man, who writes at My University Money. While the budget that was announced last week wasn’t exactly revolutionary (despite what political spinsters on either side might have you believe) I believe that it was a small step in an overall paradigm shift that is subtly taking shape [...]
6 Comments Teacher Man on Apr 4th 2012
Filed under Miscellaneous,Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading: the New Ipad Giveaway Edition, with over $1200 in Prizes to Be Won!
The heat of last week is gone, the cold has returned, and Canada’s government passed their new budget. I will cover in more detail on Financial God in a post this coming Monday. So my 2nd blogversary passed by this Thursday, and I’m celebrating with a new iPad giveaway, plus other great prizes! There’s over [...]
15 Comments Kevin on Mar 31st 2012
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Two Years of Blogging: My Thoughts, and an iPad 3 (The “New Ipad”) Giveaway + Other Great Prizes!
My second blogversary is tomorrow, Thursday, the 29th of March. My very first post went live on March 29 two years ago. It has been quite an adventure since then, with many changes both in my personal life and in the online world! Here are some of the highlights: I purchased a home with my [...]
336 Comments Kevin on Mar 28th 2012
The following post is by staff writer Teacher Man, who writes at My University Money. The financial industry makes a mint of throwing buzzwords as people that are financially illiterate. How many times do we see financial planners throw around the term “diversification” as if it were not merely one of the Ten Commandments, but first [...]
28 Comments Teacher Man on Mar 26th 2012
Do you guys remember my recent posts talking about skiing, cold weather here, and snow there? Yeah, that’s gone. Since last weekend we’ve seen temperatures hit the 20s, which is a change of nearly 30 degrees Centigrade from a couple weeks before that! Within the span of less than a month we’ve gone from cold [...]
21 Comments Kevin on Mar 25th 2012
