OMY = One More Year in the ER lexicon. OMY syndrome occurs when you want to exit the work force, think you might have enough saved, but then you decide you want to beef up your contingency and reduce your risk register on the project. (Bear with me, I've been working with too many PM's (project ...
Category Archives: work
The case of the Pointy haired boss
Thirty years of working and I've never had a pointy haired boss. Until now. A few months ago, I decided that I would feel less stressed at work and be able to walk away more easily if I stepped down from management and became an "individual contributor." For the same pay of course, my mama didn't raise ...
This week in money (sort of)
Boys... sigh... On a happy note, my oldest son is finally moving his TFSA over to my bank for me to manage. I've been nagging him for months to let me manage it vs. getting a paltry 1% in some money market savings account. Promising him at least a 7% rate of return (if I didn't ...
The maxed out CPP/EI “raise” is here!!!
There's few things quite as exciting as seeing an automatic payroll deposit in your account that's higher than you expected. I haven't been on a traditional payroll for a few years so had forgotten how awesome it is to get a ~ 7% raise mid-year. If you're wondering when you'll reach the the max annual employee ...
Why I work, save, blog and don’t pay off the mortgage
Sometimes I feel a little jealous of the "pay off the mortgage" people - First Gen American, the Grumpies, Canadian Dream, Move to Portugal... I used to be one of those people. Instead I have an emergency account on steroids because back when I was pregnant with my ...
The curse of high expectations
My friend Mel has a very full life. She runs a great homeschooling blog, has written a novel, homeschools SIX! kids, has a great marriage, a great body and loads of friends that she spends a lot of time with. Every day we use the site idonethis.com to write to each other ...
How to get freelance or contract work
In the last few years I've had half a dozen different contract jobs ranging from corporate tax work (ugh) to budgeting (twice!) to winding down companies (love it) to bankruptcy work (fascinating but sad) to financial statement work (high pressure). Most people don't want to do contract work because it involves a fair amount of uncertainty ...