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Travel Story Time:A laptop mix-up at Paris airport security leads to a missed flight, a wrongly booked day hotel, and a surprise warning about pickpockets on the airport shuttle — all while running on zero sleep after 36 hours. It's a slow-moving, slightly delirious tale of travel gone wrong… and why scheduling meetings the day after flying might be a terrible idea.
After a six-month break, we're back! In this episode, we reflect on the power of generosity, rediscovering old places, and the key questions that defined 2024. We also revisit the most impactful quotes of the year, exploring how they shaped our conversations and perspectives.Tune in for a fresh perspective on the year's highlights and the lessons we've learned along the way.
Discussion about lifestyle creep and how you fall into it by accident or sometimes by hanging out with different people
Everyone is sneaking away to Europe and not telling others about it
Naturally visiting or returning “home” is always nerve wracking so adding on meeting people you haven't seen in years can be hard but it's always worth it.
After 6 years of #grinding, I found my old bag with my old work and finally decided that a small break is well-deserved. This episode we are reflecting on the past, criticizing shallow EDI discussions, highlighting women's rights challenges, and sharing skepticism about the entrepreneurial hustle culture and the elusive POC allyship. Black Women in White America https://gerdalerner.com/black-women-in-white-america/ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/right-to-mind-your-business-part-one/id1678420080?i=1000605252793 The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-hidden-pregnancy-experiment https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i-want-the-right-to-be-black-and-me/id1678420080?i=1000605252588
We examine poverty and the way online discussions incorrectly influence reality of young women. From the infamous $300 date to not eating at the Cheesecake Factory we analyze the incorrect narratives around dating and how they can intersect with human rights violations Music by https://linktr.ee/jeffkaale_ https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/pay-salary/average-canadian-salary-by-age https://maytree.com/publications/reducing-poverty-among-minimum-wage-workers-in-ontario-potential-impact-of-cwas/#:~:text=As%20such%2C%20the%20Official%20Poverty,is%20determined%20to%20be%20%2420%2C508. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110001601&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=3.1&pickMembers%5B2%5D=5.1&pickMembers%5B3%5D=4.3&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=2005&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2019&referencePeriods=20050101%2C20190101 https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/ending-poverty#:~:text=According to the most recent,7.1 per cent in 2019. https://unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/our-work/social/poverty https://settlement.org/ontario/housing/rent-a-home/basics/how-much-does-it-cost-to-rent-an-apartment-in-ontario/
Discussing the financial implications of long distance dating, accidents co on the highway and some other random stuff. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tthoughts/episodes/Please-let-him-be-in-the-same-postcode---Podmas-6-e2pcot
It was a busy year we still had time to read for the annual book review and it was quite a variety. We started from Relationships and Confidence from The School of Life to Black Women in America edited by G. Lerner and we ended with Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own.
Another year gone so another annual summary of lessons learned and quotes stolen.
Merry Christmas everyone and a quick update from the Eurovision trip
Declining literacy, increasing consumer debt and bank layoffs - they're stories we are seeing more often on the news, but how do they impact your fiscal year end? Plus why are Toronto hotels offering monthly rental plans?
Considering the purchases that were or were not necessary last quarter along with revealing plans for the winter
When no spend October goes completely wrong and looking at how to bounce back from a spending binge.
Minimum wage is set to go up in Ontario but the property market is still crazy and inflation doesn't really feel like it's down. Employers, their ongoing requests to return to work and going back over financial fundamentals when you may be earning more but actually have less to spend.
“That stock is down 97% y'all at this point I'm holding onto it for me to humble myself.” Catching up on the investing temperature from the 2023 Toronto Money Show Toronto and reviewing: -Why Black investors should consider the ethics and practices involved in private lending -What investing lessons can you learn when you have decided you are not retiring at 40 or quitting your job to be a day trader.
The burden of booking a trip while single and the increasing cost of tipping while dining out
Race based Affirmative Action was struck down by US Supreme Court. The challenge of podcasting when you are holding back and why we won't stop podcasting.
Discussing my trip to Cuba and the annoyances of the human population on planes and airports . . .
If you want the job done right then might as well do it yourself, it can be taxes or websites designs
A tragic fairy tale based on real life events as witnessed by me
A tragic fairy tale based on real life events as witnessed by Me
Discussing the new drinking regulations set in Canada while trying to figure out new equipment
When you meet up with people from the motherland but they not actually from the motherland
Looking back at the year, books of the year and of course quotes of the year
I graduated 6 years ago today and to those wondering if school is “worth it” it is. Let's discuss along with phone upgrades
Thoughts on inflation, the energy crisis and lessons from the Toronto Money Show
Wondering why people excuse domestic violence
Trying out video podcasting while wondering why people excuse domestic violence.
Race is not biology and that “free” CERB money was not free. https://www.endracecorrection.com
Ontario election winner and why people voted for him.
Looking at the news timeline, inflation, roe vs wade leaks, the war in Ukraine and what you owe the dead and peoples babies
Stop judging people over food preparing culture - you don't need to wash chicken
Ukraine and NATO, Will Smith, Chris Rock and free speech
Looking at different timelines and LinkedIn post appropriateness. Will this 2022 be better than the last two?
Happy New Year - Second Part of Books of the Year
1st part of 2021's reading list and my thoughts on it. Podcast on Dowry link: https://anchor.fm/tthoughts/episodes/Dowries-aka-the-total-amount-for-your-spouse-will-be-elrrj0
I apologize the sound is so low but enjoy the way I enjoyed my pizza
My attempt at being a national geographic host
Coronavirus, travelling and stay at home daughters in law
Compound interest can work against you but then it can also work for you
Looking at this months money progress and what could have been done better financially
Are you a spender or a saver. How do you feel about money in general
As summer comes to an end we all start thinking about our finances and how we can do better
Thoughts as everything starts to open back up in Ontario after Covid
How to feel about Canada Day as an immigrant that is aware of the First Nations Struggle. . . Going back to work work
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