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 October.
Sometimes, the best way to set a plan is to figure out how to get the opposite of what you want. Mark Crothers presents Financial Ruin for Beginners, an excellent roadmap, at Humble Dollar.
Sometimes, the roadmap can be confusing, as illustrated in this post by John Urban, also at Humble Dollar, in Inherited IRA Trap.
A third post from Humble Dollar is from a newer author, Annie Garland. She is a personal trainer turned financial advisor, and offers good advice in both fields in her post: Your Financial RPE.
I read a lot of posts with significant concerns about the use of AI in personal finance. I enjoyed this one for a more lighthearted–but still serious–consideration of the question. From Monevator: Will AI agents like Muse mean the end of Personal Finance?
Over at the White Coat Investor, Erik Hofmeister write about Why You (and I) Aren’t Retiring. I found myself nodding along with all the reasons listed.
I nodded along as well to this guest post from Vimal George, also at WCI. He wrote Consumerism, Chronic Disease, and Why Financial Independence is a Public Health Issue. I can’t say that I had ever linked these issues in my mind before, but the argument was compelling.
Karen Trefzger writes a piece that speaks to GenX me at No Sidebar. I guess I’m getting old, but I found myself nodding along with Why a 20th Century Liefstyle Might Be the Only Way to Retire. Of course, you’ll only pry my e-Reader out of my hands with extreme effort, so I’m not quite ready to give up on the 21st century.
Do you have any favorite posts from October money-focused or not?