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The latest stats from Canada Revenue Agency ’s tax filing season tracker show that as of April 12, 16.1 million taxpayers have filed, meaning about half of us have yet…

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on LawnStarter. With the average gas price now over $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022, everyone is feeling pain at the…

Published: by Crystal Paine on April 15, 2026  |  This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. In January, Jesse surprised me with an anniversary trip in January. He…

Every year or two, the market hands you a gift wrapped in anxiety. You watch your portfolio bleed, you refresh your brokerage app more than you should, and you feel…

Most people change their entire relationship with a room the moment they sense a door is closing behind them, a dynamic that policymakers would do well to understand. With that…

Food prices have climbed roughly 25% since 2020, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. If your weekly grocery bill feels like a second mortgage, you’re not imagining it. Families…

Published: by Crystal Paine on April 13, 2026  |  This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. I’ve been working hard on something for the last year and a…

After publishing my piece on the shocking cost of eldercare, a question kept nagging at me that I couldn’t shake: when money is finite and the people you love are…

I was chatting with a colleague last week about tax season . “We’ll get it done,” he said. “But given the shortage of qualified teammates, it’s going to be tough.…

At 96 years old, I find that life is a series of competing realities. Two weeks ago, I felt a surge of energy and began planning a trip to Washington,…