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Bored of your job?

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Guest / February 8th, 2013 / 7 Comments

Happy Friday! Are you bored with your job? Looking to follow that passion and wanting to be an entrepreneur? Here’s a quick infographic which shows how you can make your hobby-inspired living a reality. Source: Make It Cheaper: The Saving Experts for Business jQuery(window).load(function(){ var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; ...

Posted in: Guest Post Tagged with: entrepreneur, entrepreneurial talent, how to quit your job, infographic, starting a business, turning your passion into a business, working a second job

Updates: September 2-8

CF / September 8th, 2012 / 13 Comments

It’s been a busy, busy week here in Vancouver. Brian has actually been away (returning today!) and I have been juggling all the blog stuff. So if you haven’t seen your comment approved or you haven’t been acknowledged on the mayhem that is Twitter, you can blame it on me… in turn, I shall blame it on Brian for abandoning me this past week. 😉 Indeed, even the cat decided...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: community garden, consumerism, cycling in Vancouver, entrepreneur, income, Lower rate mortgage, Mortgage, peak happiness, refinancing a condo

People who have inspired me – My (almost) first manager

CF / May 30th, 2011 / No Comments

My first steady job (that didn’t involve working for my dad) was at a dollar store. My parents knew the owners and put me in touch with them. One brief meeting later, I was gainfully employed. I was 17-almost-18 at the time. I had to travel an hour and a half to get to the store and an hour and a half to get home. As you can imagine, this sucked. I worked there for a year and a bit. ...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: bankruptcy, dollar store, entrepreneur, manager