The other day, someone reached out and asked me how to start investing in Canada. She is in her late 20s and just started her first full-time job. Her main goal? To be financially independent. Whenever I get a question…
Business & Finance
Inflation, recession and interest rate hikes. If you are reading this in late 2022, you are probably a little tired of hearing the same topics over and over again. Like many others on the same boat, job security has been…
Like many CPAs, I use Excel at work excessively. I also use it (or Google Sheets) whenever I can for everything and anything in my personal life. Information about my own finances including budgets, net worth and investments all sit…
With one month left to Sep 2022 CFE, I asked on Instagram what questions you have about the 3-day exam. Here are my answers to the most common ones. If you are already freaking out and/or feeling unprepared, know that…
One of the most common CFE questions I get is this: should I pay for any CFE prep? On top of that, the same person would usually ask which CFE prep to get. There is no one answer fits all…
Three companies, five years and seven titles. Since I started as an AR/AP clerk in 2017, I have been learning and growing as a finance professional. Along the way, I have both made mistakes and exceeded expectations. I have also…
I want to start this post by sharing that in the last five years of my accounting career, I have worked very few overtime. I have worked in two industries – heavy machinery and software. I started as an AR/AP…
Early 2015, I was 22 and graduated from one of the best universities in Canada with a major in Psychology. I was not sure about a lot then, but I was sure I did not want to pursue a career…
In case you didn’t already know, I am not a qualified real estate expert. I am an accountant who has taken an interest in real estate since I bought my first home few years ago. I have done several real…
CPA – PEP, CFE & PERT For 2021, I decided to talk about my CPA journey first because passing the Sep 2021 CFE was definitely one of the highlights of the year. Even though my CPA PEP journey technically only…
