Spills Spotlight: Volume 4
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Welcome to this month’s Spills Spotlight! This series consists of a roundup of my favorite personal finance blog posts from around the web, publishing on the last day of each month. If you missed last month’s Spotlight, you can check it out here.
Throughout the month I read a couple hundred blog posts and include my favorites here. Spills Spotlight is an opportunity for me to share my favorite posts with my readers, and showcase the work of my fellow bloggers within the personal finance blogging community. I hope you enjoy this series, and feel free to comment with suggestions on which posts should be included in upcoming months!
50 Ways the World is Getting Better
by Ben Carlson at A Wealth of Common Sense
“The combination the negativity and availability bias make it easy to assume the world is getting worse on a daily basis. It feels as if we’re now taking one step forward and two steps back. In reality, this is the greatest time in history to be alive. The world has seen an unbelievable amount of progress over almost any time horizon you look at.”
How a Journal Completely Changed My Finances
by Budgets Are Sexy
“A few weeks after, something interesting started to happen. I noticed myself going back to look at the list every few days. In it I’d see the things that deep down I wanted to accomplish, and almost subconsciously my mind would refocus on how to bring them to fruition.”
Your Ultimate Guide to Becoming Successful in Absolutely Anything You Do
by Steve at Think Save Retire
“Even though success looks different to each of us, common techniques exist to get us there. Regardless of our college degrees or upbringing, “success” is achievable by virtually anyone who wants it…if you want it bad enough. To an increasing number of Americans, we’re defining success not by the amount of money that we make, but by our happiness.”
Our Faith Transformed Our Finances
by Mr. Jamie Griffin
“If there’s anything I’ve learned over the last five years, it’s that circumstances are always temporary. When you work hard and trust Jesus, there’s always hope for life to get better. Hope and faith kept us going for years, and honestly it keeps us moving forward today.”
Becoming Accustomed to Wealth
by Go Curry Cracker
“It is only in the last year or two that I’ve completely internalized this abundance. The fear is gone. The anger is gone. The sense that I hadn’t earned it, the feeling that one error or mistake could upend it all… it is all gone. Instead, there is a quiet sense of appreciation. I’ve now, finally, become accustomed to wealth. They say childhood poverty has profound and lasting implications…”
Travel is No Cure for the Mind
by Lawrence at More to That
I love travel, but this post was fantastic about how we can’t run from our minds.
“While travel does expand and stretch the horizons of what we know about the world, it is not the answer we’re looking for in times of unrest. To strengthen the health of the mind, the venue to do that in is the one we are in now.”
7 Pillars to Grow Financial Freedom
by Jillian at Montana Money Adventures
“Financial freedom means you have a few more choices than you had before. It’s incremental. It starts small and every year we can try to grow it. There is no definitive line in the sand. It can start as a sprinkle of options and those options can keep growing and growing into a downpour.”
Next Level Money, Next Level Life
by Millennial Money
“Only you can find your next level, not someone else. Not some blogger’s next level or your friend’s next level or your parent’s next level or the media’s next level. The fundamentals of money and getting rich are easy – make more, save more money, invest, repeat. But how fast you can make it happen is all about finding your next level. And doing it every day.”
Episode #57: Breaking Free with Bill from Wealth Well Done
by Fire Drill Podcast
Billy from Wealth Well Done has an incredible story, including spending 10 years in prison. He could have allowed that to break him, but instead that experience made him even stronger. Hear his story in his own words about what he learned in prison, how he started a business, grew his net worth to $100,000+ and his mission in life to encourage others. This is an incredible episode and I promise you that listening to it is time well spent.
