In the years leading up to my divorce I used to get together with my friends and we would (ahem - occasionally) sit around and discuss how irritating our partners were being at the moment. As things got more dire between myself and my ex-husband this became the only thing I ever really talked about. [...]
Last night I went to a workshop on personal boundaries: identifying them, maintaining them, and communicating them to others. I went out of interest's sake as I've always thought I had fairly good personal boundaries and I see myself as a strong independent confident type of person. Plus the workshop was free and the accountant in me loves getting free training [...]
In Lynne Twist's book, The Soul Of Money, she writes: For me, and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is "I didn't get enough sleep." The next one is "I don't have enough time." Whether true or not, that thought of not enough occurs to us automatically before we even think [...]
Congratulations. Finalizing a separation agreement is a major achievement and usually comes at the end of a very stressful and emotional period in your life. Signing a separation agreement will likely have a strong emotional impact on you. It is tangible evidence that your old life, the one you once had hopes and dreams for, is finally done. [...]
I just finished my first tax return for a family that is eligible for the Family Tax Cut that was announced in October 2014 and affects the 2014 tax year. What is the Family Tax Cut? The Cut only applies in certain situations: You and your eligible spouse or common-law partner lived in Canada at December [...]
RRSP: The maximum RRSP contribution for 2015 is $24,930. Remember to look at your 2014 Notice of Assessment to see what your actual contribution room is. TFSA: he TFSA limit for 2015 is $5,500, for a total of $36,500 in room available for someone who has never contributed and has been eligible for the TFSA [...]
Don't forget that the RRSP deadline is March 2, 2015.
If you have a child that was born in 2007 or later, you may be eligible for the BCTES grant. Click here for more information.
If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. -Lao Tzu I've always avoided borrowing things in my life (okay, except my neighbour's tools after my ex got ours in the split), but [...]
There are many of negative thoughts out there that keep a person stuck in one place. I know because these thoughts kept me stuck: I let those thoughts control my actions. One thought that keeps turning up in my life is "I can't do it." This is accompanied with "I am not good, smart, ambitious, deserving. [...]