Ten Years and Still Going

Ten years ago today I wrote a simple post

First Entry

I was planning on creating this site on my account on another ISP, but decided, maybe this is more of a BLOG type thing. I will turn on Comments and such once I get some content up to discuss.

Little did I know that it would start a 10-year run of writing about money, life, family and a few other odd topics.

Ten Years is a Long Time

What has changed financially over these 10 years?

• The TFSA didn’t exist 10 years ago, it wasn’t even a thought, now it is a key aspect of how Canadians save.
• The RDSP didn’t exist for parents with disabled loved ones.
• The great crash of 2008, which we are still recovering from. Goodness, that was a crash!
• I got laid off, and then found another job (eventually). Nortel went bankrupt, but I managed to dodge that bullet too.
• We all got used to LUDICROUSLY Low-Interest Rates, how will we ever kick that habit?
• Gasoline prices back in 2005 were about 90 cents a litre and today they are about $1, so gas has only gone up 10 cents in 10 years right?
• Banks not only open on Saturdays now they Open on Sundays too (they didn’t in 2005)
• The iPhone appeared and hipsters around the world danced a happy jig.
• Plenty of tax changes:
  • Public Transit tax credit
  • Safe deposit boxes are no longer an investment carrying charge
  • Introduction of Sports (and Arts) credits for active/artsy kids
  • Income splitting for Pensioners, and a meager attempt for others.
• Did I publish over 2700 articles? Wow, that is a lot of words. Over 300 of those articles are on Personal Finance .

Did I miss anything big over the past 10 years?

Will I be doing this in 10 years? Who knows?