Personal finance posts can sometimes be awfully earnest and dry. Sometimes, a spoonful of sugar (or a good laugh) makes the medicine go down.
Channeling another Julie Andrews character, here are a few of my favorite things posts from the last year or so. The ones that made me smile.
I have previously linked to the dog’s guide to personal finance (published on Budgets Are Sexy, but written by Jesse Cramer who writes at The Best Interest), which made me smile for some time. Last fall he wrote the Thanksgiving guide to cooking and finance. He goes over all sorts of ways not to cook the Thanksgiving meal, then segues into why your investing should look like a properly cooked turkey with a well-balanced plate. Also, for the non-engineer, an introduction to the Biot number and why certain items need to be cooked at certain temperatures. I am not entirely sure about his assessment of the COVID risk at the Thanksgiving table, however. (That ending was so 2020.)
My Money Wizard has some hard truths wrapped up in silliness in Money Zombies: The Stuff of Financial Nightmares. (#5 is killing me. It inspired last week’s post, in fact)
I guess I really like what that Money Wizard has to say, because I also love his post Don’t be afraid! Building wealth is just like a terrifying airplane ride. I love to fly, and I love take offs, though I do not like turbulence. Reading this piece about investing and flying just makes me smile.
Slow down… FIRE is not a race is a pretty important post about FIRE, Coast FIRE, and learning to enjoy the ride of life. But I must admit, I just love the illustration for the post (grade school humor alert: it says fart!!). Thanks to Joel, the not-so-new writer at Budgets are Sexy for this.
I remember reading this post years ago. I really do have a kid’s sense of humor, and I giggle each time I go back to read this guest post from White Coat Investor, Alpo in Retirement: Is It Really That Bad? (Short answer: yes! Practice delayed gratification and save for retirement!)
Like any medical student (even a very, very former student), I thrive on gold stars and badges. Thankfully, Darcy from We Want Guac has designed some new badges for those of us to strive for while we are trying to match into our dream residency get to FI. See The Financial Independence Milestones, Gamified for some smiles and maybe some goal setting.
I hope some of these posts brought a smile to your face, while sneaking in some financial truths.