Great insight here, Kristina. Very refreshing to hear you being so open about your income, financial vision and other personal goals. Fantastic, sis! We learned a lot. Listen, we just discovered your channel, and we’re impressed by the content quality. You’ve just got yourself a new subscriber, a big thumbs up and several viewers in our team. Looking forward to binge-watching your content. Keep posting excellent content like this, and stay blessed. - ✨ *Your Awesome Friends at The S'witty Kiwi Show* 💝
I'm personally thinking about moving to another country once I finish my masters, I'm between conservation or ecology. I live in Spain and the government barely gives resources to investigations, so scientists have really low income. I read the other day about a 40-year-old woman that had a PhD and was working as an intern, it's honestly sad. Thank you for showing me that I can actually live with what I'm studying!!
Thank you for sharing your finances! As a university student on the west coast it’s very helpful to get an idea of how the income of a wildlife biologist compares to rent and expenses and all that :)
You go girl!!! Thank you for sharing such personal information like that. It was surprisingly interesting to watch. I hope your cat is okay and much love for you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
So, I have been volunteering with a Wildlife Biologist that has been working for the state for 20 years In FL and he makes around 43,000! I am really hoping to land a federal job since they do pay more.
Kristina! What's up! Love the channel! We're dying to grab you for a podcast! We've essentially Hit you up on all of your social media 😂 UA-cam is that final frontier! Keep it up and hopefully speak to you soon! Sorry for the Overload! 🙌
I love your channel. I’m so glad I found a Canadian! I’m a bc student getting a environmental protection technology diploma and your outlook and honest opinion is so refreshing
I discovered your channel just 2 days ago and I am totally engaged. Now I know you live in Vancouver Island, I discovered that place a couple of months ago and I was fascinated. All the things I love in the same place, forests, mountains and whales. I work for a Conservation NGO as a Conservation manager supervising projects in 3 countries in South America and also in Madagascar. I want to visit Vancouver Island and get a least a seasonal job to live in that amazing place and improve my English a little bit. Thank you for this wonderful information
I always think I can’t afford to live somewhere like Vancouver or anywhere along the west coast of Canada or the US but honestly my 2 bedroom SLC apartment is $2100 USD a month and my 1 bedroom, 600 sq foot apartment in downtown Houston TX was $1800 a month! I’m seriously thinking once I pay off all my debt I can definitely afford to move west. So that made my day haha! I’m sorry your kitty was sick, I hope he’s feeling better!
Wow, that's way more than I thought SLC was! Vancouver is SO expensive, I could never afford to live there comfortably without huge lifestyle sacrifices like having lots of roommates - but Victoria for now is at least cheaper by a decent amount. And there are many West coast destinations half the price as victoria, especially in smaller towns. Kitty is on the mend now!
Kristina Lynn the tech industry is really taking off here. Sadly home prices are taking off with it! There are actually more affordable apartments for people in lower income brackets, and having pets has kept me out of some places. The suburbs are a little cheaper too. But I do see several good paying wildlife biologist positions here from the bureau of land management! Seems to be a great area for that. And we have a big university that does a lot of ecology research! Sadly I am not qualified for any of those jobs, I have a totally different career, so I just get to enjoy the wildlife and natural beauty. But if anyone reading this is starting off their career and willing to move this seems to be a good place to check out!
Thanks for your honesty, I have a small advice which is not to go for buying a 600k$ house, you will constrict yourself in the same job, same boring routine over and over again and same space of spending just to buy that house. To me I think being mobile is way better and more satisfying and about the house you can build a tiny house! So what do you think?
I actually already own a place in Calgary and it definitely hasn't held me back too much, I just ended up renting it out when I was travelling and moving around! I prefer to travel internationally anyways so a mobile tiny house/van wouldn't help me out too much in that regard. Though I do LOVE the idea of it, my partner does not! :P I like the idea of having a home base and if I'm not around I can rent it out.
Yeah that's another good topic to discuss. When I was backpacking for travel, I was actively eating into savings every month by at least a few thousand. When I was working abroad through foreign employers, I was barely breaking even every month. When I was travelling locally around Canada for work I saved way more than I did now because I had a higher-paying Canadian job.
Hey Kristina i wanna become a wildlife biologist and your videos are really helping me to get all informations so Thank you and keep uploading new videos
Hi ! Im a student in 10th Grade in South Africa. My main plan was to become a wildlife biologist. I started taking Biology and physics/chemistry this year but i ended up hating physics and i quit. I replaced it with history which is my other passion but now i have to change my entire career path. I cant manage to find anything that involves biology that doesnt also include physics. Any advice ?
Hi! I love your videos! You've mentioned in the other videos that you could get 60-80 hours of work in a week. In that case, were you taking a week off the week after? or you just got the overtime pay?
I usually bank it as overtime and go back to normal the next week. Where I work you can also bank it as earned time off but with covid there hasn't been much of a point for me unless I'm super tired.
You are lucky to be living in a country where you can find, choose, and change your job as you wish and most importantly, in your field of education. In my country, which is part of the Balkans, you cannot find a job unless you are an activist for the leading political party. I'm an ecologist and will soon be 30 years old and I still cannot find a steady job, working only on temporary projects. Just found out that one position within the local government will be filled with a college with lower education and less experienced than me, although we both applied (but I'm not part of any political party unlike him). It's about time for me to move out of this corrupted banana state...
do you work with animals ?? i want to work with animals i’m torn from becoming a zoologist or wildlife biologist but i’m not sure if you can explain the difference between them if you know thank you
I have no prior study in environmental courses. But on pursuing some online courses I realised i have to make a career in it. I am 25 , is it too late to make a career in it. A little advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Hi Varsha! I'm not Kristina, but I just wanted to say that I will be 27 when I start my BS to pursue an environmental career - it might be a bit later than others, but I don't believe it's ever too late for an important change. I think you should follow your dreams, it will be worth it in the long run. You're not alone in it :)
How different would your life be if you won an exorbitant amount of money, like $10 Billion? Would you still keep the job/profession you have now? I would want to help the world, but I wouldn't be sure where to start.
That's a great question. Lately I have been dreaming about buying a TON of land somewhere at risk and protect and restore it as a full time job. Then I could run a little education centre or nature retreat or something. There's a lot of things out of my hands but it seems like it would be the most direct way to protect nature and species.
@@kristina_lynn I have a similar idea I would like to buy land, maybe a steep side of a mountain and do permaculture there and the goal would be to produce so much that there is enough food for everyone, enough for me, to sell and for the local wildlife. I would love to do tours and teach people about nature and how to interact with it, to "rewild" them :). Also I would love to host shamanic ceremonies for people that are interested since I myself was reconnected to nature and my mental health benefited a lot from that and since we have a lot of tourism here I would offer microhouses as a place to stay to show everyone that you don't need a huge house to live. Big aspirations and lots of work but I feel like I should try and make it happen.
you look just like Cobie Smulders ( Robin ) from How I met your mother , and even sound like her, I just cannot keep noticing that while watching your videos !!!! Also probably you are from Canada like she is !!!!
I just used a pie chart maker here where you input the numbers: spark.adobe.com/make/charts/pie-chart/ But if you want to continually update it through the month I recommend setting up an excel template to do it so you can save and come back to it :) Or mint!
I just used a pie chart maker here where you input the numbers: spark.adobe.com/make/charts/pie-chart/ But if you want to continually update it through the month I recommend setting up an excel template to do it so you can save and come back to it :)
thank u for being so open abt ur income!!
You're so welcome!
I love your channel. I'm going into environmental science, so it's really interesting to hear what your job is like.
Great insight here, Kristina. Very refreshing to hear you being so open about your income, financial vision and other personal goals. Fantastic, sis! We learned a lot. Listen, we just discovered your channel, and we’re impressed by the content quality. You’ve just got yourself a new subscriber, a big thumbs up and several viewers in our team. Looking forward to binge-watching your content. Keep posting excellent content like this, and stay blessed. - ✨ *Your Awesome Friends at The S'witty Kiwi Show* 💝
Thank you!
Great video! I will be looking
I'm personally thinking about moving to another country once I finish my masters, I'm between conservation or ecology. I live in Spain and the government barely gives resources to investigations, so scientists have really low income. I read the other day about a 40-year-old woman that had a PhD and was working as an intern, it's honestly sad. Thank you for showing me that I can actually live with what I'm studying!!
Thank you for sharing your finances! As a university student on the west coast it’s very helpful to get an idea of how the income of a wildlife biologist compares to rent and expenses and all that :)
Thank you for sharing this with us! Money is a sensitive topic, and you were right - it was very interesting to watch this!
Glad it was helpful!
I love this!! Thank you for the transparency!
Of course!!
You go girl!!! Thank you for sharing such personal information like that. It was surprisingly interesting to watch. I hope your cat is okay and much love for you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you! I'm glad it was interesting. My cat is slowly on the mend so fingers crossed!
So, I have been volunteering with a Wildlife Biologist that has been working for the state for 20 years In FL and he makes around 43,000! I am really hoping to land a federal job since they do pay more.
Thank you for all the information you have given over all your videos. I now know what I want to do!
You can do it!
Thanks!
Kristina! What's up! Love the channel! We're dying to grab you for a podcast! We've essentially Hit you up on all of your social media 😂 UA-cam is that final frontier! Keep it up and hopefully speak to you soon! Sorry for the Overload! 🙌
I love your channel. I’m so glad I found a Canadian! I’m a bc student getting a environmental protection technology diploma and your outlook and honest opinion is so refreshing
I discovered your channel just 2 days ago and I am totally engaged. Now I know you live in Vancouver Island, I discovered that place a couple of months ago and I was fascinated. All the things I love in the same place, forests, mountains and whales.
I work for a Conservation NGO as a Conservation manager supervising projects in 3 countries in South America and also in Madagascar.
I want to visit Vancouver Island and get a least a seasonal job to live in that amazing place and improve my English a little bit. Thank you for this wonderful information
Discord Squad Where you at!!! 😤👏👏
I always think I can’t afford to live somewhere like Vancouver or anywhere along the west coast of Canada or the US but honestly my 2 bedroom SLC apartment is $2100 USD a month and my 1 bedroom, 600 sq foot apartment in downtown Houston TX was $1800 a month! I’m seriously thinking once I pay off all my debt I can definitely afford to move west. So that made my day haha! I’m sorry your kitty was sick, I hope he’s feeling better!
Wow, that's way more than I thought SLC was! Vancouver is SO expensive, I could never afford to live there comfortably without huge lifestyle sacrifices like having lots of roommates - but Victoria for now is at least cheaper by a decent amount. And there are many West coast destinations half the price as victoria, especially in smaller towns. Kitty is on the mend now!
Kristina Lynn the tech industry is really taking off here. Sadly home prices are taking off with it! There are actually more affordable apartments for people in lower income brackets, and having pets has kept me out of some places. The suburbs are a little cheaper too. But I do see several good paying wildlife biologist positions here from the bureau of land management! Seems to be a great area for that. And we have a big university that does a lot of ecology research! Sadly I am not qualified for any of those jobs, I have a totally different career, so I just get to enjoy the wildlife and natural beauty. But if anyone reading this is starting off their career and willing to move this seems to be a good place to check out!
i love how open you are!! thank you for sharing!! :)
Thanks for your honesty, I have a small advice which is not to go for buying a 600k$ house, you will constrict yourself in the same job, same boring routine over and over again and same space of spending just to buy that house.
To me I think being mobile is way better and more satisfying and about the house you can build a tiny house!
So what do you think?
I actually already own a place in Calgary and it definitely hasn't held me back too much, I just ended up renting it out when I was travelling and moving around! I prefer to travel internationally anyways so a mobile tiny house/van wouldn't help me out too much in that regard. Though I do LOVE the idea of it, my partner does not! :P I like the idea of having a home base and if I'm not around I can rent it out.
@@kristina_lynn Yeah why not after all it nice to have a place where you can call it home, Go for it!
Interested to see your expenses/comparison of when you backpacked around the world, helpful videos 👍🏻
Yeah that's another good topic to discuss. When I was backpacking for travel, I was actively eating into savings every month by at least a few thousand. When I was working abroad through foreign employers, I was barely breaking even every month. When I was travelling locally around Canada for work I saved way more than I did now because I had a higher-paying Canadian job.
Kristina Lynn For me personally in Iowa, there isn’t too many opportunities for careers so traveling is definitely in the future haha, thank you!
This is great! Love the video. I hope Graham Stephan reacts to it! :D
That would be cool! Haha
Hey Kristina i wanna become a wildlife biologist and your videos are really helping me to get all informations so Thank you and keep uploading new videos
Hi ! Im a student in 10th Grade in South Africa. My main plan was to become a wildlife biologist. I started taking Biology and physics/chemistry this year but i ended up hating physics and i quit. I replaced it with history which is my other passion but now i have to change my entire career path. I cant manage to find anything that involves biology that doesnt also include physics. Any advice ?
Damn she makes twice what my partner and I make a month. After adjustment into US dollars
Hi! I love your videos! You've mentioned in the other videos that you could get 60-80 hours of work in a week. In that case, were you taking a week off the week after? or you just got the overtime pay?
I usually bank it as overtime and go back to normal the next week. Where I work you can also bank it as earned time off but with covid there hasn't been much of a point for me unless I'm super tired.
Poor cat 😥 hope he feels better soon
He's on the mend, fingers crossed
So interesting video....i like it
You are lucky to be living in a country where you can find, choose, and change your job as you wish and most importantly, in your field of education. In my country, which is part of the Balkans, you cannot find a job unless you are an activist for the leading political party. I'm an ecologist and will soon be 30 years old and I still cannot find a steady job, working only on temporary projects. Just found out that one position within the local government will be filled with a college with lower education and less experienced than me, although we both applied (but I'm not part of any political party unlike him). It's about time for me to move out of this corrupted banana state...
That's totally unfair - and you're right, I am incredibly lucky to have that privilege. Best of luck
What budgeting tool are you using?
do you have a video about resume and how to job hunt?
7:55 okay ya want one more? **hits sub button**
Yess!
do you work with animals ?? i want to work with animals i’m torn from becoming a zoologist or wildlife biologist but i’m not sure if you can explain the difference between them if you know thank you
Yea! Me too!! I’ve been debating for each one but they seem so Alike. I dunno what I want to become
I have no prior study in environmental courses. But on pursuing some online courses I realised i have to make a career in it. I am 25 , is it too late to make a career in it. A little advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Hi Varsha! I'm not Kristina, but I just wanted to say that I will be 27 when I start my BS to pursue an environmental career - it might be a bit later than others, but I don't believe it's ever too late for an important change. I think you should follow your dreams, it will be worth it in the long run. You're not alone in it :)
How different would your life be if you won an exorbitant amount of money, like $10 Billion? Would you still keep the job/profession you have now? I would want to help the world, but I wouldn't be sure where to start.
That's a great question. Lately I have been dreaming about buying a TON of land somewhere at risk and protect and restore it as a full time job. Then I could run a little education centre or nature retreat or something. There's a lot of things out of my hands but it seems like it would be the most direct way to protect nature and species.
@@kristina_lynn I love that idea!
@@kristina_lynn I have a similar idea
I would like to buy land, maybe a steep side of a mountain and do permaculture there and the goal would be to produce so much that there is enough food for everyone, enough for me, to sell and for the local wildlife. I would love to do tours and teach people about nature and how to interact with it, to "rewild" them :). Also I would love to host shamanic ceremonies for people that are interested since I myself was reconnected to nature and my mental health benefited a lot from that and since we have a lot of tourism here I would offer microhouses as a place to stay to show everyone that you don't need a huge house to live.
Big aspirations and lots of work but I feel like I should try and make it happen.
you look just like Cobie Smulders ( Robin ) from How I met your mother , and even sound like her, I just cannot keep noticing that while watching your videos !!!! Also probably you are from Canada like she is !!!!
LOL yes ive heard this many times!
Is it better to be an ecologist/environmental scientist in America or Canada based on your experience?
I loved the work I did in the US but I think in the current political climate work is more stable in Canada
What is the name of that budget tracker? It looks helpful.
I just used a pie chart maker here where you input the numbers: spark.adobe.com/make/charts/pie-chart/
But if you want to continually update it through the month I recommend setting up an excel template to do it so you can save and come back to it :) Or mint!
Is Enviromental science is hard career to pursue?
your correct
what app/website did you use for that budget pie chart? i think i need to start doing that too😅
You can even do it in your Microsoft excel in your computer by making a pie chart
I just used a pie chart maker here where you input the numbers: spark.adobe.com/make/charts/pie-chart/
But if you want to continually update it through the month I recommend setting up an excel template to do it so you can save and come back to it :)
wow a millionaire biologist.
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omfg water is expensive where you're at!!!!! >:(
Ah yeah I forgot to clarify hydro means electric in Canada! Its confusing lol