Weekend Links
Over the past few weeks I’ve slacked off a bit when it comes to working on my sites. No more, as I have received renewed motivation in the form of an even deeper dislike of work.
Carnival Of Personal Finance
Last week’s Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by Len Penzo, who actually included two of my articles (I’m sneaky): Why I Ditched My Vanguard Money Market Mutual Fund In Favor Of ING Direct here are AAA and If You Know What Would Make You Happy, Why Wait? over at ERB. Shalom.
Here are some other top-notch posts.
Realistic Expectations For Making Money Blogging by Flexo at Consumerism Commentary. Yes, the finance niche is pretty crowded these days. But 90% of pf bloggers will give up before they see any financial success. If you stick to it for long periods of time, you will eventually become successful. I’ve been at this a little over 2 years now and I am just now starting to reap the financial rewards. I’m not pulling in Flexo bucks, but I could realistically afford to quit my job and blog full-time if I committed to living very, very frugally. I’m not inclined to make that trade-off, so I’ll bide my time. But by this time next year (or at most this time 2 years for now) I fully expect to be earning a sizable full-time income online. Slow and steady wins the race.
Smart Ways To Earn Passive Income by Always Frugal. Always frugal includes saving money on things like groceries as passive income. I admit I’ve never really thought of it that way, but it makes a certain amount of sense. A dollar saved is worth more than a dollar earned, after all (hint: because of taxes).
How To Export PayPal Data And Check Your Records For Taxes by Finance Freelance Life (formerly Mrs Micah). I just got done doing this a few hours ago. I hate doing taxes, even though the online version of Turbotax makes things relatively simple (it’s the principle of the matter).
Working With Nerds Without Killing Yourself Part 1 by Mr Cheap at Four Pillars (I changed the title to make it more descriptive of reality). Being a software developer, I can vouch for this.
The Economics Of Marriage by Jean Chatzky. Poor guy whose wife makes all that money!
Should You Bring Your Own Snacks To Movies? by Well-Heeled Blog. My feeling is no, you shouldn’t. Theaters make very little money on movie tickets. Instead, they rely on concession sales to pay the bills (including their employees’ paychecks). If theater owners lowered their concession prices, they would have no choice but to raise their ticket prices dramatically, which would create a negative ripple effect throughout the entire film industry. No bueno.
Make Extra Money Blogging by PT Money. PT says RSS readers don’t pay the bills: search visitors do. Yep.
Beyond Little-Known Tax Deductions, Worry Instead About Forgotten INCOME by Wisdom Journal. That’s right, you owe taxes on your unemployment insurance (which is idiotic, why don’t they just lower the states’ obligations and exempt it from taxation? Everybody wins! Except the feds.) You also owe taxes when you barter, which is just stupid.
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Thanks for the link! Most commenters say that they don’t feel bad bringing snacks to movies, but I see your point. I just wish the prices are a bit more reasonable and more importantly, there are healthier choices.
Thanks for the link. Don’t work too hard on the blogs – if you burnout then you won’t achieve any of your goals.
I don’t eat snacks at the movies so it’s not an issue for me.
My wife made more money than I did when we got married (I was actually on unemployment benefits when I proposed). I found employment before we got married, but she was still out earning me by a fairly substantial amount. But that never bothered us. I eventually passed her in the income department, and now she is a stay at home mom and I work full-time. I don’t think it should matter who earns the most; marriages and other relationships should be about give and take, sharing, and understanding.