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Reflections on The One-Page Financial Plan
I recently read The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart about Your Money by Carl Richards (affiliate link – thanks for using!). It’s a quick read (I think it took me approximately 3 hours total) and liberally sprinkled with the delightful sketches that Carl Richards is known for. The purpose of the book is to walk the reader through a generic version of the financial planning process that one would go through with … Read entire article »
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The Danger of Side Hustle Income
If you’ve spent any time in the PF blogosphere, you’ve picked up on our preoccupation with bringing in extra income through “side hustles.” Even Kyle and I, who aren’t allowed outside jobs, have found ourselves swept into this mania. I now refer to Kyle’s almost-volunteer super-part-time weekend job running the sound board during some services at our church as a side hustle. Certainly the bit of money we bring in through this blog can be … Read entire article »
Filed under: books, income, lifestyle creep, psychology
Financial Heroes or Financial Zeros?
I hope this post doesn’t come off as too mean-spirited. I love listening to personal podcasts (non-NPR/APM) partially because you get to know the hosts rather intimately over many episodes. One of my current favorite podcasts is hosted by a married couple and they talk about their life and relationship quite a bit. Over the course of a hundred or so episodes, I’ve picked up a lot of tidbits about this couple’s financial situation, and … Read entire article »
Hand in Hand: Lean In and Getting to 50/50
After learning about Sheryl Sandberg’s message to young women from the extensive media coverage of her TED Talk and other speeches, I knew that I should read her book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. I saw myself in her comments about 20something women who tone down striving for advancement in their careers when they start thinking about reproducing. Little did I know that while waiting for her book to arrive, I … Read entire article »
How Might Your Spouse’s Love Language Affect Your Finances?
I’m sure that many of you are familiar with Gary Chapman’s theory of the Five Love Languages (affiliate link – thanks for using!). But have you ever considered how your love language and your spouse’s love language might affect your spending habits and career? For those of you who haven’t read any material by Chapman, I’ll briefly summarize the idea: Every person has an emotional “love tank” that can be filled or emptied by their relationships (we’ll … Read entire article »
Filed under: books, marriage, psychology
Paleo Personal Finance
I was pleased to stumble across personal finance advice in a very unexpected place – a book on the Paleo diet/lifestyle. I’m considering “going Paleo” so I’m currently reading The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet by Robb Wolf (affiliate link – thanks for using!). I knew that the Paleo lifestyle advocates getting lots of quality sleep and wasn’t surprised to find a whole chapter devoted to cortisol. Basically it just explains how we evolved to … Read entire article »
Filed under: books, debt, minimalism
Book Review and Application: All Your Worth
Last month I read All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi (affiliate link – thanks for using!). The authors have another very interesting book titled The Two-Income Trap that I have skimmed and am now more interested in reading in full. You may recognize Elizabeth Warren’s name because she was the deputy director of the new federal agency spearheading consumer finance protection until last summer. I really, really … Read entire article »
Filed under: books, budgeting, credit cards, giving, savings
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