Yesterday at the closing when I noticed that the TSX was on a very comfortable 21,818.47 points, I knew that my time had come: I was certainly on my so wanted $350,000 net worth! It's just really sad that this beautiful moment had to happen at a time when Russia continues its effort to dominate Ukraine by destroying its beautiful architecture and killing its citizens.
I listen to a lot of YouTubers, and a few of them are based in Russia. They seem to be aware of what's going on in Ukraine, but I don't know if they realize that their military is killing Ukraine citizens, including children. With video titles like: "Why McDonald's Leaving Russia is A Tragedy", "Are companies leaving Russia because of sanctions".. its like, dah... don't you think buddy? Don't you think that the real tragedy is in Ukraine, where the Russian military is killing unarmed Ukrainians for no reason? Isn't it a good thing that the Western companies won't tolerate war crimes and leave Russia as a sanction? Personally, I decided to unsubscribe from some Russian YouTubers because I just cannot stand reading such vulgarities.
However, some Russian YouTubers, like St.Petersburg - me, are touching me by their testimonies. Obviously, many Russians had lost their job and many others will probably lose their job in the close future. They have lives just like us, have bills and mortgages to pay. It's sad, but it's those same Russians who are tolerant of Putin. Its the price Russians have to pay for their subordination. But I don't want to be too hard, but I do find it hard to tolerate any Russian at this time. I have compassion for the normal Russian citizens, and many of them probably don't exactly know what's going on, that's something that adds to their tragedy on top of being dominated by their President. In the case of YouTuber St.Petersburg - me, she had purchased her own apartment just a couple of months ago. It's just very sad because, in that video, she said just how much she likes her new apartment, that it was her dream when she arrived in St. Petersburg more than 10 years ago to have her own place, and now, she wonders how she's going to pay her mortgage. We need to have human compassion for people going through such complicated situations, whether they are Russians or not. The ultimate worst would be to believe that it could never happen to us.
Among the way, I discovered many Ukrainian YouTubers and I decided to subscribe to their channels. A few names that you might enjoy: Olga Reznikova, Orest Zub, Vlad Kh (a friend of Orest), Johnny FD (an American that lived in Ukraine, but Ukrainian at heart I think), Pavlo from Ukraine. Please subscribe to those channels, watch their videos and support Ukrainian YouTube creators. It's a free way to support directly Ukraine and at the same time, you help great people to earn some valuable money on YouTube. Please especially subscribe to Vlad Kh, he needs a minimum of 1,000 subscribers before being able to monetize his videos. While you are there, you can also subscribe to my very own channel because I only have 12 subscribers at this time... :) PLEASE.
Look at one of my beautiful videos, one of my favorite thing to watch, the CN train (I really like trains by the way):
Since this past Friday, its been official, I had finally reached my first $350,000 net worth, and now I even exceed it, as my net worth closed this past Friday session on a good $352,071.24. I just hope that I will get a tax return this year, even a little one would be so welcome. I made the effort to invest close to $7,000 in my RRSP, I hope it is worth the effort.
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