It’s not just millennials (also known as Gen Y) who are experiencing the failings of the housing market. The boomer generation has challenges too. Those of us who already own may be stuck in family homes that no longer meet our needs and they tie up one helluva lot of capital. That sounds like a good problem to have but there are a number of…
A recent article in The Globe and Mail, Is the ‘career’ dead? by Stacy Lee Kong got me thinking. Kong presents a case for reconsidering the meaning of a career in today’s fast-changing world. What we once referred to as the career ladder can now be called the career jungle gymn. Instead of landing a secure job with an established employer (or two) and moving up within…
Do you fancy some take-out Chinese food? Pull up Uber-Eats on your phone. Choices galore. Need more paper for your printer? More moisturizer? New sneakers? New socks or insoles for your old sneakers? All these and more are available to be delivered right to your door, sometimes on the same day on Amazon. Technology has turned us into a society of recluses. I have fallen…
We all know the feeling—when they stop making your favourite lipstick colour. We’re filled with rage, disappointment, and frustration. We begin frantic searching online for end-of-the-line cosmetics sell-offs to see if we can score a couple of the precious remains. If you’re like me, you immediately sit down and fire off a snarky email to the cosmetics giant who betrayed you in hopes they will…
Under no circumstances will I touch the buttons on my cellphone ever again—well, except for using the app to adjust the volume on my hearing aids, a necessity at my age. Any digital missteps could result in me spending time I’ll never get back talking to someone in Outer Mongolia who barely speaks English. All those off-shore service reps know me now, have dealt with…
The other day I received a telephone call requesting a convenient time to schedule the annual servicing of our air conditioning unit. The caller’s English was heavily accented and I had trouble hearing her, so thinking it was another scam robo-call I hung up while she was mid-sentence. The next day I received an email from my regular HVAC service provider to schedule my annual…
