I finally understood what Anton Ego meant when he said, “In the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism deeming it so.”

July 3, 2021 No comments Article

I consider myself to be an extremely harsh critic, usually to the detriment of my own enjoyment. So, I understand what it feels like. I know how easy it is to dismiss someone’s life’s work based on literary criterion.There’s this little series out there, I’m sure everyone has heard of, called “The Wheel of Time.”

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Exciting high and depressing low all in one day.

June 29, 2021 No comments Article

Our exciting high is that we paid off our primary household’s mortgage today, 4 months early.The depressing low is that my husband was approached about applying for a new job, same company but different division. Going from supervising 4 to 25, 5% travel to 25% travel, and 8-hour days to some 12-hour days due to

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Finally made it into the market but my spouse died so now I have to sell and live in a room because I’m ineligible for the mortgage

June 23, 2021 No comments Article

Just Canadian things.Please don’t tell me my SO should have more money or should have done better. We left the city for the middle of nowhere only the beginning of this year. Moving was at least $5k, not counting when we sold our previous place and needed to make special arrangements like storage, not counting

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REMAX admits “blind bidding” is only blind for some: “Many real estate agents are telling buyers what they will need to secure a property.”

June 22, 2021 No comments Article

https://ift.tt/3iWLaum real estate agents are ignoring the restriction whereby buyers are not permitted to know the details of other competing offers. Instead, they are choosing to inform buyers what they will need to secure a property. For example, if prospects are visiting a home for sale that is going for $910,000, some realtors inform them

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Success! I have been converting boomers to understand the plight of homeownership with this chart.

June 17, 2021 No comments Article

This chart in particular is helping me explain why young people are leaving Canada or are angry about the situation.https://ift.tt/3gDVZ1I honestly think that boomers don’t see this chart.Perhaps another GoFundMe campaign should be used for Facebook ads that target people 50+. Because you can target this demographic this way.Once I show boomers this chart, they

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