I need to file for capital gains. Woo, right? Except it's gains on options I purchased nearly a decade ago. They were
about to expire, and they actually weren't under water, unlike most of my other options, but not by enough to make me
think cashing them in was worth the bother. And I thought it might be fun to own some shares.
When the company in question was purchased and I sold the shares, I needed to send in my original stock certificate. I
can't find any other record of actually buying the shares. And I need that so I can figure out the price of the shares
at the time so I can file that as a taxable benefit (or something. This stuff puts me over the threshold into more
advanced income tax stuff, so they seem less willing to hold my hand through it all).
At least I figured out how much I actually paid for them at the time.
Do you think the CRA would mind a hand-wavey (possibly conservative) estimate? I know about when I would've bought,
because I know when they would have expired. So that's something...
At least I'm not working out the country or anything, I suppose.
All in all, I think 2013 was a good year. A stressful year, but a good one. I can't really talk about the stressful
parts, because most of it isn't really to do with me directly, or I'm not free to disclose publicly. But I feel
generally content with things, and I feel like I'm able to deal with problems as they arise. So yeah. Good.
I feel kinda bad for posting a measly eleven blog posts in 2013. But I'm
pretty pleased that Bevan and I kept up
the Kwartzlab Radio podcast pretty much all year (with breaks for summer
and Christmas, but we generally kept to our schedule). And, as always, you can keep up with many of my goings on
on Twitter if you're so inclined. (Or Facebook, if you prefer, which gets sent my
tweets as well).
I'm currently basking in the afterglow of my annual NYE party. It was lovely to see everyone, play some games and give
them way too much food. And watch Doctor Who. We'll have to do it again next year.
The next few months are going to be kind of hard on me, but I think I'm up for it. We'll see. I don't particularly like
making resolutions, so I'll spare you that. It generally comes down to "be a better human." And I don't need a calendar
change to tell me that.
I wish you all success in the coming year. Health, wealth and happiness. Here's to the future.