Here is some interesting reading material to liven up your Sunday.
- Things You Should Know About Mercury In CF Light Bulbs by my alter ego @ The Tao of Good Health. I had been following ridiculous reports (like this one) about a $2000 cleanup job after the breaking of a CF light bulb; hence, felt compelled to put something together like this. Such blog posts can take the message to only a small section of the society (internet users - who read blogs); but it needs to go out to the masses through other popular media - if we want to seriously encourage the use of CF lights in time to come. I discussed the money aspect of CF bulbs way back in November 2006 in this post.
- What Would You Do With “Found” Money? by ISPF @ Grad Money Matters. An interesting post that looks into the tendency of people to squander away free money. This sort of reflects my thoughts with this post on windfall money.
- Why Did It Take So Long to Decide That it Was Time to Pay Off Our Debt? by Tricia @ Blogging Away Debt. Tricia very concisely summarizes the cause of their debt in a few words - “live now…pay later”. I am sure people who are not in debt must be always wondering about this question.
- Stop, Thief!: 9 Tips To Stop You From Picking Your Own Pockets by Logan @ PowerWealth. Some thoughts on how to protect your personal and financial information from people who are eagerly waiting to grab it.
- Would You Rather Make More Money Or Be With Family? by Ben @ Money Smart Life. Of course, the obvious answer is to have a good balance between the two - but, if forced into making a choice between money and family, there is no question that family will higher on priority. The cost of strayed relationships is much more than the cost of lost money.
- Fifteen Things I’d Like To Say to High School Lazy Man by Lazy @ Lazy Man and Money. Amusing, yet profound words of wisdom from one lazy man to another.
- Your 401(k) is Not a Savings Account by Jeremy @ Generation X Finance. Thinking about borrowing money from your retirement account? Read this post first.
- What to Do with 529 Money If Your Child Gets a Scholarship @ FMF by Free Money Finance. I swear I have a post in my drafts with almost the same title.
FMF beat me to it. He discusses this issue with reference to a Kiplinger’s article on the subject.
- Why I’d Hire This Real Estate Agent by SVB (as a guest author) @ Five Cent Nickel. SVB lists some characteristics of a *desirable* (in professional sense) real estate agent.
- There Is No Such Thing As A Budget Failure - It’s Just An Opportunity For Feedback @ Not Made of Money. The author puts a positive spin on budget failures. The message is to learn from your failures and apply the knowledge to tweak your future financial planning.
- Why You Should Stop Paying For Storage And Just Get Organized by David @ My Two Dollars. This one made it to the Digg’s front page (and stayed there till Dreamhost screwed things up for David). This is about how to stop hoarding and start living - with detailed instructions on how to get organized.
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Golbguru,
Nice collection for the Sunday Review.
I particularly liked FMF’s, ISPF’s and Lazy Man’s posts.
Here’s how I hope to link these three together. If my daughter gets a scholarship and doesn’t need the 529 , I would take the found money, go back in time and tell high school Super Saver to buy Microsoft and Dell. Of course, I would also add to sell by March, 2000:-)
This would have yielded around a million dollars for each $1000 invested. Too bad I didn’t know back then, or don’t have a DeLorean time machine today
If I didn’t need to use money saved for the children’s education… I would use it for my own education (that master’s is still calling) — or give it to someone who had potential but didn’t get the scholarship.
The other post that caught my attention was the one about being with family or making money… for me obviously it has been family. If a person feels that making money is more important (past the obvious needs to provide food, shelter, etc) then I think they have their priorities wrong and should not have a family; though I applaud the people who leave home to make a better life FOR their families and return when they can.
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