Q3 numbers came in this morning. Savings rate landed at 28%, one point below what I was targeting but not a crisis — the dental work in August ate about $900 I hadn't planned for. RRSP contribution is on track; TFSA got a smaller top-up than I'd have liked because I redirected $500 toward the HELOC instead. That was the right call at the time. Still think so.
The actual thing sitting on my desk: there's an internal move being floated for a senior PM role on the infrastructure migration program. Director mentioned it casually in our one-on-one last Tuesday. Not a formal posting yet, just a "would you be interested" temperature check. My honest answer is I don't know, which is not the same as no.
Here's the trade-off as I see it. The role is probably 15–20% more scope with no guaranteed comp bump — compensation review doesn't land until February. I'd be leading a team of six instead of three, dealing with a vendor relationship I've heard is difficult, and trading a program I understand thoroughly for one I'd be learning through the first two quarters. On the upside: genuine delivery ownership rather than coordination, and cross-functional visibility that hasn't been on my plate in a few years.