One of the things I enjoy most about the fintech and personal finance communities is reading all of the excellent content that other fellow bloggers produce. Here you will find our favorites from May 2018.
Personal Finance Posts
10 Ways To Boost Your Financial Literacy – Mama Fish Saves has a great list of 10 steps to follow to improve your financial literacy and put you on a path to financial freedom!
10 Statistics About The Money Habits Of The Average American – A list of 10 money facts about the average American that will either shock you or come as no surprise! One item that stood out to me was the fact on student loans. Anyone else feel as though this is a ticking time clock waiting to explode? Brought to you by Michelle over at Making Sense of Cents.
The Tech Workers Who Are Engineering a Mid-30s Retirement – A great article on the flourishing desire to reach financial independence retire early “FIRE” movement. It isn’t about acquiring wealth…it’s about acquiring freedom!
The Secret FIRE Cult – And Why You’ll Want to Join It – Speaking of FIRE! Millennial Boss goes into the many advantages of aiming for FIRE!
9 Great Money Tips for Saver Spender Marriages – As someone who is getting married later this month to Cafe Career Coach I would say we are both of the saving mindset now! 🙂 However, money is the number one reason for arguments in relationships. PFGeeks lays out 9 steps to get through this!
Personal Saving Rate – This was an incredibly interesting chart showing the average personal savings rate of US Consumers going back to the year 1959.
A Dollar That Experiences an Investment Loss is Still Worth More Than a Dollar Spent – An obvious point from Four Pillar Freedom but one that can easily escape us. Just remember…a dollar saved is a dollar you can invest for your future!
Living A Better Life Post(s)
The Unhealthy Desire For Prestige Is Ruining Your Life – Sam over at Financial Samurai is a great writer and provides great insight into so many valuable topics. This article does a nice job putting many things into perspective beyond purely the financial.
Speaking of perspective…one of my new favorite podcasts is The Word On Fire podcast with Bishop Robert Barron. Check out the most recent podcasts on Catholicism and Beauty. (Episodes 125 and 125)
For a look at other amazing content from the personal finance, community be sure to check out Rockstar Finance.