{"id":6050,"date":"2025-11-21T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:01:03","slug":"what-canadians-regret-the-most-about-their-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/blog\/what-canadians-regret-the-most-about-their-finances\/","title":{"rendered":"Ce que les Canadiens regrettent le plus en mati\u00e8re de finances\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Regret is such a powerful thing. It can be subtle, from the small decisions that we decided to delay or the habits we regret not building earlier. But understanding regret is such a powerful thing for us to avoid repeating those patterns as you move into the next year.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cI wish I saved more, and started earlier\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

This is one of the most universal financial regrets Canadians have. According to FP Canada\u2019s 2025 Financial Stress Index, 21% of Canadians regret not saving more, and 20% regret not investing earlier [1]. This is simply a reminder that time (more than income) is the biggest advantage that a lot of people overlook. Starting early not only gets you into the habit of doing it, but it allows your money to compound.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cI wish I learned about investing sooner\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Again, time is the biggest tool you have when it comes to building wealth. A lot of times, we wait for the perfect opportunity like \u201cI\u2019ll start investing when I have more income\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll start investing once I buy that new car I was saving up for\u201d. Many feel unprepared and intimidated and they don\u2019t know where to start. By the time that they actually decide to start, they could\u2019ve already missed years of potential growth.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cI should\u2019ve tracked my spending better\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>

Overspending, impulse purchases, and an overall lack of budgeting is such a huge stress point. And this isn\u2019t even because you lack discipline; it\u2019s because small and unnoticed purchases really add up quickly. When people look back on the year they had, they realize that they didn\u2019t overspend on one big thing. Instead, it was a consistent flow of tiny purchases that seemed insignificant at the time.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It\u2019s<\/span> simple;<\/span> they\u2019re<\/span> common behavioral traps. Habits that were delayed, decisions made with emotions at the forefront or <\/span>just plain<\/span> optimism bias. But recognizing these patterns <\/span>is<\/span> half the work already. With a little discipline and determination to build good habits,<\/span> the<\/span> solution <\/span>can be <\/span>a heck<\/span> of a lot simpler.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Start early, even if <\/span>it\u2019s<\/span> small. Each <\/span>regret<\/span> shows the same <\/span>message;<\/span> people <\/span>regret<\/span> not starting sooner. <\/span>Getting into the habit of saving or investing, even in <\/span>small <\/span>amounts<\/span>,<\/span> is invaluable over time. Not only are you setting yourself up to reap the benefits of compounding, but it allows you to ingrain into yourself these habits and as time goes on, it becomes second nature doing so.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Regret<\/span> often <\/span>comes<\/span> from the things we <\/span>didn\u2019t<\/span> do, not from the things we did. <\/span>The good news <\/span>is that<\/span> a new year is right around the <\/span>corner;<\/span> building habits now will help you enter into the new year with a new sense of clarity and momentum.<\/span> Let\u2019s<\/span> lessen the \u201cI should have…\u201d moments.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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[1]: <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/www.fpcanada.ca\/docs\/professionalsitelibraries\/fsi\/fsi-2025-results-deck—fp-canada.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Regret is such a powerful thing. It can be subtle, from the small decisions that we decided to delay or the habits we regret not building earlier. But understanding regret is such a powerful thing for us to avoid repeating those patterns as you move into the next year.\u00a0 Financial Regrets \u201cI wish I saved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6050"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6190,"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050\/revisions\/6190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.gopeer.ca\/fr_ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}