I read many blog posts each day. They mostly focus on personal finance, but also on minimalism and travel . Here are some of my favorite posts I read in September.
Over at Our Rich Journey, I read their post on The 10 Mistakes We Avoided To Reach FIRE. Their path to FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is very different from my path to financial independence–much more entrepeneurial–but I see the wisdom in their post.
If you were able to avoid those 10 mistakes, you should be grateful. Also, you should know that practicing gratitude can totally make your life better, whether you not you have reached FIRE. Karen Trefzger writes about How to Beautify Your Life with Gratitude at No Sidebar.
Dr. Ian Barbash avoided a lot of mistakes, and set his family up for success, before falling quite ill last year. He describes this in a guest post at The White Coat Investor in Financial Lessons from a Doctor Who Became the ICU Patient.
Over at Gentleman’s Family Finances, our narrator has lost his job, and it’s not clear that anyone will offer him a position he actually wants to accept. He walks us through his financial situation, which, as he is from the UK, includes different retirement schemes. The cost-cutting seems to include universally applicable lessons (don’t pay for things you don’t want or need, especially if they aren’t good for you.). Not all is lost, despite the title of his post: Doom and Gloom!
For a very doom and gloom sort of post, I refer you to this guest post at The White Coat Investor. Seeking Ithaca thought he was getting a steal with the purchase of a foreclosed house; instead, he got a several year saga with squatters and lawsuits. Here we have the end of his odyssey in The Truth About Buying a Foreclosed Home, The Series Finale. I loved the writing, I enjoyed the drama; after reading this, I don’t think I would ever, ever, buy a foreclosed home. And certainly not without title insurance.
In sad, but not unexpected news, Jonathan Clements passed away at the end of September. For those who don’t know, Mr. Clements was a financial journalist, with stints at The Wall Street Journal (my father loved his columns and would recommend I read them when I visited); he later started the Humble Dollar website, which is set up to continue after he is gone. Adam Grossman consolidated tributes from a number of writers.
In better news, Mel at Broke Girl Rich has handed in her thesis. Congratulations! (Unfortunately, she posted in October she will be closing her blog.)
Also, Frogdancer Jones continues her multiple international trips this year, recently visiting Greenland. Where she has dealt with rough seas, taken a second polar plunge, and seen polar bears on her luckiest day ever.
Do you have any favorite posts from September?
I’m back home now. 🙂
Can I say “welcome back” if I live on another continent?
Your travels this year have been amazing, I am so impressed you had the energy to go so many places and blog about it.
You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged for a week and a half. It’s intense, blogging every day when I’m away. It takes a couple of hours, usually, so when I get home I need a brreak from the ‘job’ I’ve given myself. I love having the record of it all though.