Episode 166
"Single people are everywhere, and they don’t all live like the characters in Sex and the City."
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Episode Summary
That quote is from today’s special guest, Renée Sylvestre-Williams — journalist, editor of The Budgette, and author of the newly released The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners.
With over 15 years of writing about finance, business, and investing under her belt, Renée has been published by top publications and platforms, including The Walrus, Canadian Business, MoneySense, Wealthsimple, The Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star. The key to her success? Pinpointing and reporting on a major white space in personal finance news and literature that she identifies with herself: life as a solo earner — and everything that comes with it.
In this episode, we discuss:
What inspired the creation of The Budgette and her new book
How pop culture and social media affect perceptions of single people and what’s possible for them
The cost of staying single in Canada and how its tax system works against you
How single, childless women are proving to be the happiest subgroup of the population
Problems with viewing staying single as “a choice” and other stigmas
The importance of building a financial team around you as a single person
How financial nihilism is plaguing us and the potential cure
And much more. Single, solo earner or not, Renée drops unique insights and bits of wisdom for everyone. So if you’re praying for rent control like Carrie prayed that she had a cent to her name when her building went co-op, tune into this conversation.
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