Articles I liked last week
Cap on co-signing loans. I bet you can guess his answer.
Free Money Finance on how to earn more money. The short answer? Know thyself. Sure you can go out and get a shiny new degree, but will it be a field you enjoy? Will it give you the other peripheral skills you need to be an effective employee/worker? How well do you communicate with others? Sounds crazy, but having taken 5-years’ worth of support calls, I know that many, many humans out there are ineffective communicators. They can hardly articulate their computer problems with any accuracy and remain ignorant of details. It’s quite sad. Often the folks who succeed in life are those that are effective at getting their point across with clarity. Great leadership excels at this and leadership often leads to great financial rewards. Pause, rewind, repeat. Great leadership excels at this and leadership often leads to great financial rewards.
BeachGirl on the benefits of college work-study. I left a comment there, which I think is pretty good. I should turn it into a post, but perhaps at a later time.
Nicole asks if you’re ready for that? I’d have to agree. One day, I’ll tell you my story on the same issue.
The Frugal Duchess, a day later has another post on the same subject. Are you really sure you’re ready for a home? This post has great questions to consider, because it’s true. I am much more of a homebody now that I have my own place.
Get Rich Slowly has a post about portion control and frugality. I’ll say no more about this now. Dawn also has something about the same topic at Queercents. Click through and answer the question she poses at the beginning of the article. You might find your response very interesting.
Dawn at Frugal for Life has got cheap meal recipes up. What poor man’s meals did you make when you were strapped for cash? I challenge you to eat for less than $3.00 a meal.
SingleMa on saving for education while being a single parent. I really like her rationale when it comes to her priority order for saving. I am not yet maxing my 401k and I am rapidly depleting the Emergency Basket of Cash. But hopefully people I know will stop getting married and this wedding stuff can stop.
IRA points to a great Newsweek story about 15 people who make America great. I’m not sure I agree with all of their choices, but I do appreciate a good inspiring piece. It makes me wonder what will I do in life that is great? What is my mission? I think I know. But do you?
D wrote:
Ok, I took the challenge for the meal of $3. Come check out my site Divorce To Financial Freedom I posted it there.
I love challenges!!!
Posted on 03-Jul-06 at 10:02 am | Permalink
mapgirl wrote:
I read your post! That’s great! I’m glad it’s a meal your family still likes.
Posted on 06-Jul-06 at 6:04 pm | Permalink