Why aren’t women investing as much as men? Contrary to popular belief, there isn’t as significant a financial literacy gap as a confidence gap between men and women. The financial confidence gap of 60% has more with women not tapping into what they already know about money when making investment decisions. Women tend to be […]
I don’t typically start my blogposts with “what were you thinking,” but when it comes to middle-aged women, their feet and shoes, this is the only starting point there is. With things now opening up, I received an invitation to a designer shoe sale. There wasn’t one pair of shoes for me in a 50,000 […]
Unless you have the eyes of a Marvel comic book superhero, you’re not able to read the directions on the side of a bottle of medication of any type these days.The pandemic had me on screens and reading more than usual, straining my eyes. What aggravated the situation was attempting to read what is written […]
Managing money is something most of us will need to do, even if we don’t feel particularly confident about it. Keep in mind many of us did not learn about money in school so depending on how you grew up, if you had parents who freely talked about money in the home and encouraged you […]
With another lockdown, I’m back to Covid math. If you have a sander with a #1,000 grit paper, how many sheets do you need to file your foot calluses during a lockdown? If there are 650 people in line for a vaccine, and it’s blistering cold or wet, how many hours must pass before you’re […]
The vaccines have arrived, with some proclaiming Hallelujah! They started with a perceived value to that of a Faberge egg. Now, with the potential side effects, their value has somewhat diminished to scrambled eggs. I’m not an anti-vaxxer, but this feels rushed to me. I’m fine to let someone take my place in queue until […]
It’s official. I am not an online shopper. I have given the whole ‘online’ shopping experience the best kick at the can and am now resigned that it’s not for me. It’s suitable for some tangibles like books and cleaners, but anything outside of staples it’s a giant crapshoot. Before ordering an elegant romper on […]
I received a video some time ago of world leaders singing the words to John Lennon’s song, “Imagine.” The message illustrates what could be but isn’t. That got me thinking. What if Donald Trump suddenly experienced an iota of enlightenment. What would that look like in a parting note to Americans? “My amazing and fantastic […]
Recent events south of the border reminded me of an experience I had in middle school. I was eleven years old, and our grade six class occupied one of those dreadful portables that in the day had a legacy of everything from throat irritations to respiratory illnesses. The interior would have been dreadful had it […]
You are beginning to realize it may be time to take over. Perhaps you have visited recently, and you are getting concerned. There are hardly any groceries in the fridge, and bills seem to be piling up on the kitchen table. You can’t help but wonder as you said goodbye when the last time they […]