by Trent Hamm
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I update this site twice daily with articles that discuss the positive side of personal finance discussed in this document. I often try to relate the specific points to the real experience of my own life, translating what I'm going through into real advice you can use in your own life. The comments by readers are always lively - why not jump in and join the discussion?
Personal Finance Books
Here are twelve great personal finance books. I've written extensive reviews of all of them - follow the footnote links to read my reviews.
Your Money or Your Life - Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin (living; my favorite) [99]
What Color Is Your Parachute? - Richard Nelson Bolles (careers) [100]
The Bogleheads'Guide to Investing- Larimore, Lindauer, and LeBoeuf (investing) [101]
The Complete Tightwad Gazette - Amy Dacyczyn (frugality) [102]
The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey (debt reduction) [103]
Born to Buy- Juliet Schor (parenting) [104]
It Pays to Talk- Charles Schwab and Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz (communication) [105]
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People - Jane Bryant Quinn [106]
The Money Trap - Ron Gallen (mental blocks) [107]
The Difference - Jean Chatzky (lifestyles) [108]
You're So Money- Farnoosh Torabi (young females) [109]
/ Will Teach You To Be Rich - Ramit Sethi (young professionals) [110]
Personal Finance, Personal Development, and Career Blogs
I find that reading a wide variety of personal finance and personal growth ideas and opinions helps me to keep my own money in line. Here are twenty five essential reads.
Ask MetaFilter
http://ask.metafilter.com
Ask MetaFilter is an interesting community blog of sorts. Here's how it works: members pay a small fee to join, then they're allowed to ask questions that are on their mind. The questions are all over the place, ranging from whether a person should move from Boston to Colorado to things like how budget reconciliation in the Senate works. The diversity of questions - and the wide range of responses, many of them well thought out - makes Ask MetaFilter a compelling read.
Bargaineering
http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/
Bargaineering (formerly Blueprint for Financial Prosperity) is probably my favorite personal finance blog for interesting ideas. Jim Wang, the author of the site, is quite good at generating compelling core ideas, which usually gets my mind moving. Quite often, I'll see an intriguing idea on Jim's site, stew on it for a while, try it out, look at how it works in my own life, and find myself eventually telling a story that goes off in some completely different direction.
ChristianPF
http://www.christianpf.com /
ChristianPF has a distinct take on personal finance: that the themes of Christianity and
the themes of money management have quite a bit of overlap. Because the site focuses
so heavily on that overlap - and because the author is a solid writer who occasionally
throws out a few amazing gems - ChristianPF consistently offers insights that leave me
thinking.
Clever Dude
http://www.cleverdude.com /
Clever Dude keeps me coming back because of the tone and the sense of humor underlying most of the posts. The site does a great job of putting just the right touch of humor on personal finance and frugality issues, often with the humor sneaking up on you and just brushing you when you least expect it. It's just the right amount - enough to make the articles enjoyable to read, without going too far and making it all into a farce.
Consumerism Commentary
http://www.consumerismcommentary.com /
Flexo, the writer at Consumerism Commentary, has the knack of a good essayist. He
can turn a simple, seemingly unrelated event or idea into an interesting personal finance
take.
Consumerist
http://consumerist.com /
Consumerist is a blog run by Consumers Union, the folks behind Consumer Reports. It focuses directly on consumer issues, which means that it often calls out poor customer service from companies, faulty products, and so forth, mixed in with some great advice on saving money and making good buying choices. This is what I call a "flood" blog, meaning there are a lot of posts each day -1 usually find myself just leafing through the piles of posts for the handful that really apply to me.
Deal Seeking Mom
http://www.dealseekingmom.com /
