And it’s back to trying to get financially literate! I have been back on a kick of trying to get my finances in order, reduce my costs, and figure out how to make retirement a thing that might be able to happen for me at some point. This book came up in my library searches, and it was actually not a bad one.
The book is framed mostly around vignettes about the finances of individual women. It starts with the situation, then proceeds to break down some of the mistakes they made and how those mistakes can be rectified, complete with some very specific details that pertain to Canadian finances and how things work in my own country, which is a pleasant change! The situations feel realistic as opposed to the worst case scenarios that other financial books I’ve read tend to do and deal with a lot of the misconceptions of how some of the particulars of how Canada works. Like stating that in BC, you can accidentally end up in a common law partnership with your roommate who may then have claim to your assets should you split.
It also had a little information about investing and some of the more common mistakes that I know I made when I started, and goes into some of the details around the differences between investment vehicles, while still keeping it in the context of the situation they are talking about.
Overall, I thought it was a really solid finance book. If you’ve got an interest in getting your financial life together, or even just refining it a little, it’s a good one to check out.