Oh man, this global economy is killing me, especially living in Canada. When I started my online business, the Canada/US exchange rate was 1.6 or so. This meant for every US $100 I got, I actually got about CAD $160. It was a terrific time!

Well, exchange rates are changing and yippee for my country, our dollar is going up. But it’s killing me. I went to the bank to cash an $1867.92 check (“cheque”, in Canada — LOL) and 2 years ago, I would have received about $2988 or so.

Do you know what I got today?

Well, today’s exchange rate was 1.191 and I got a measly $2224.69. I almost died. I have to work 40% harder…just to make the same amount.

So what’s the solution? I’m not sure there is one. Most of my income comes from affiliate programs and they pay in US dollars — I could seek out more Canadian companies, but even they sell in US $. For my own products, I *could* sell in Canadian dollars, but would I lose sales?

I *try* to keep as much money in US funds as I can…but a girl’s gotta have some cash to live.

Hmmm…watcha think?

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