by Sandi Martin | Jan 14, 2021 | Accountability, Affordability, Book Review, Canadian Personal Finance News, COVID-19, Income Tax, Personal Finance, Planning in Action
For this month’s Top Reads, Sandi Martin shares a list of a variety of articles on topics from using habits to reduce stress, the benefits of laziness, to sharing some insights about the market, and persisting in the fight for a just society.
by Sandi Martin | Jul 30, 2019 | Accountability, Financial Planners, Personal Financial Planning
(This article is reposted with the permission of the author. It was originally published here Boomer & Echo.) I doubt very much you’re asking your financial advisor enough questions, and are worse off because of it. I think I’ve got a handle on why – let me see if...
by Julia Chung | Apr 23, 2019 | Accountability, Big Picture, Book Review
The Power of Habit and its follow-up, Smarter, Faster, Better, by Charles Duhigg were some of the bright shining spots in my nonfiction reading over the past year. You never know what you’re getting into with any kind of reading, but at least with fiction, you know...
by Sandi Martin | Jan 15, 2019 | Accountability, Book Review, Budgets, Personal Finance
If you have any kind of debt at all, go read Living Debt Free, the no-shame, no-blame guide to getting rid of your debt by Shannon Lee Simmons immediately. Companion book to Worry Free Money: the guilt-free approach to managing your money and your life, Living Debt...
by Sandi Martin | Nov 20, 2018 | Accountability, Big Picture, Book Review, contentment, Debt Management, Personal Finance
When I picked up The Year of Less by Cait Flanders at the library, my friend at the front desk told me she read the first part, but only leafed through the rest. “Minimalism is nice, I guess, but not for me,” she said, as she handed the book to me.I wish she had read...
by Julia Chung | Apr 23, 2018 | Accountability, Budgets, Cash Flow, Credit Cards, Debt Management, Personal Finance
In the world of financial planning, there are different kinds of planning, with different areas of focus and levels of complexity. At Spring, we divide that complexity up into Cash Flow, Comprehensive, and Advanced planning. But here’s a secret: It always comes down...