I love learning about personal finance. I devour books on it. I follow lots of blogs about it. I talk about it with my friends and family and oh, I share money-saving tips and tricks as well as some personal money management stuff with here at Pocket Your Dollars. In times past I’ve mentioned Dave Ramsey and Mary Hunt, two authors whose books I recommend.
One day (and one day soon, I might add) I’d like to write a book that shares the principles we used to get out and stay out of debt, as it is inspirational and applicable to middle America. After I write a book and have oodles of free time, I’d like to share personal finance tips and information on a daily basis through a blog or daily email.
But, until then, I’ll enjoy what others, like Daily Worth, are writing. I recently subscribed to Daily Worth and really enjoy it. In fact, I signed up for it using my “junk email” account (the second email I use when I request online deals) because I assumed I get a deluge of spam, the Daily Worth emails themselves would be pointless and I’d soon unsubscribe. Quite the contrary. The emails are so good that I actually check my junk email folder in the mornings now to dig it out.
I like that the emails are short, but yet contain one or two good nuggets of food for thought and don’t have spinning and flashing graphics (I hate that!). They say it is advice for women, but other than the site being a purple color, I’m not sure why guys wouldn’t benefit.
Now that I’ve been getting them for over a month, I realized that the Daily Worth topics follow this schedule:
Budgeting – Mondays
Earning – Tuesdays
Saving – Wednesdays
Investing – Thursdays
Spending – Fridays
I hope that one day when I blog and write more about personal financial management that you’ll read it, but check out Daily Worth in the meantime.
Your turn: Which online personal finance sites do you really enjoy? (Maybe I’ll review them down the road)
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My personal favorite is Crown Financial Ministry’s daily podcasts. http://www.crown.org I have been using their materials for years and have been able to get out of over $18,000 in credit card debt and pay off car loans early! We should be able to be completely out of debt in just over 5 years (mortgage included)!
I think that would be a great idea. I would love to see what advice you have to give me and other readers. I’m always interested in finances too. In the past we have not been very good with our finances — but after a job loss and a lot of medical bills we quickly found out that we cannot take money for granted. Now I am on a mission to pay off any debt we have, and get in shape financially. I value your grocery list also. I hardly ever used coupons before losing my job — now I don’t shop without them. I do not buy it if I don’t have a coupon for it and it is on sale. It is painful to pay full price now. I can’t believe how my thinking has changed. Thanks for all you do.
I used to like getting Mary Hunt’s newsletter after I read about her here on PYD. The Motley Fool has some good information about finances too.
Carrie, can you refresh my memory on how you tamed the eating out beast? That’s the absolute worst for us, even though we’re doing it for less now.
Angel – We went one month where we did not allow ourselves to eat out at all. It helped us get at the root of the problem, reign in spending in that area and we have been able to do it in moderation ever since.
We like Crown financial ministry too. Although only my husband is working with 4 family member and 40T a year income we only have our mortgage left.
I like Michele Singletary from the Washington Post. I get occasional emails, links to her column, and there is a ‘the color of money’ book club that I use as library book reading material and sometimes follow the chats.
I would love for you to give more advice, etc. on personal finance. I think a book by you would be fantastic! I also love Dave Ramsey and now have first hand experience on WHY he has his baby steps in the order they are in.
I decided that I wanted to skip Step 1 (emergency fund) and go right to getting bills paid off. Well, needless to say, this was not the correct thing to do. Although we are within 6 months of paying everything off (except my student loans), our car that we are still paying on lost an engine on Friday. When my husband was going to take our “beater” car to the store to get oil and spark plugs for him to use it (he works out of town), the brakes went out on it! Two cars down in 4 days. And no emergency fund to fall back on.
The only thing I can say is THANK GOD for Dave Ramsey and Carrie because I have cut up my credit cards (no lapsing for me!) and I have a wonderful full pantry that should tide us over for a while since we are going to be using every cent we have for vehicle repairs, etc.