Fav 5: Five Great Financial Posts You Should Check Out

Hey, Money Buddies!!!!

Yeah, I know.

I’m not on track with the Weekly Fav 5.

Thing is, life gets in the way of continuity. Between FinCon, The Harvest Classic Motorcycle Rally, projects at our place, The SnK Wildlife Reserve, and other stuff (Like going to my Heart Doctor), I just haven’t focused on MinT.

Shame, right?

Well, at least Money is not Taboo is not in the Rockstar Finance directory of inactive blogs.

Nope, we’re not in that “esteemed” group.

Uh, oh! Just relialized that I hit the publish not save button! More to come this afternoon!

Okay. Now, back to work on the real live post.

Been seeing a bunch of good stuff, but have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off and have now found time to sit down and put some good stuff together.

Without further Ah-Dew (How ever you spell it), here’s the better late than never Weekly Fav 5.

Maybe I need to start calling them the Sporadic Fav 5. 🙂

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The Only Thing You Need To Invest In To Become Rich – (Money After Graduation via Twitter)

Wow! I wish I had thought of this topic. It’s is awesome.

I’m not going to share anything that might spill the beans on the topic.

NOPE! You’ll have to read it to see why I think it’s such a great post. I’m sure that you’ll see why when you read it. You HAVE to read this one, for shore.

Look Mortality in the Eye Without Flinching: Simple Estate Planning (Mrs. BITA of Bayalis is the Answer via www.physicianonfire.com)

The title hit home with me, as I’m 57, and have lost both my parents, as has my wife. We’ve dealt with and are dealing with estates. We have a pretty complicated net worth and have started working on our plans to tidy up things for our kids.

This is going to be good info for us to pour through, and we thought it would be for you guys. I say we, as my wife, Selena, had a strong say so in this.

Even if you’re younger than us, there’s no reason not to get a head start on things. JS!

Why Cooking is An Essential Skill for Saving Money – (Matt Spillar of Spills Spot via Debt Discipline)

OMG! I saw the feature image and HAD to open the post. Yeah, the title caught my eye to, but the pan of dee-lish-us looking stuff is my kind of porn. My wife and I call it “Food Porn.” It’s what were into.

Okay, back on track. We both LOVE to cook and I’m blessed that my wife doesn’t confine me to the grill and smoker. I love that cooking is looked at as a Skill in this post.

Any way, we learned the concept of saving money by prepping our own foods.

Here’s a great post that backs up our views.

Three Sentences that Lead to Wealth – (ESI Money via Rockstar Finance)

I like the word wealth and have, without initially knowing it, work to build it.

I think that my Dad did too, but he never talked to me about money, much less wealth. See why Money is not Taboo came to be?

Any-who, I jumped into this one, as I like lists and it looked interesting.

It is. But it’s more than interesting, it’s educational, providing info that anybody can use to put money away for the future. Definitely one you should check out.

How to Say No When Your Money Says Yes – (Del Shawn Hayes of Hayes Financial Coaching LLC)

Does your money talk to you? Have you ever heard words coming from you wallet or purse?

I have, and I understand what Del Shawn is writing about. I’ve learned to turn a “Deaf Ear” to my wallet.

Now days, I’d rather see cash in my wallet and numbers in my accounts, that see new stuff. Of course, I’m still guilty of buying stuff, but NOT like I used to be.

Del Shawn’s got some great info here. OH! I had the pleasure of meeting her at FinCon. She’s a LOVELY lady.

What Do Monkeys and Money Have in Common – Part 1? (Shanah Bell of Adaptive Nourishment)

Monkeys. Monkeys are awesome, especially if they are kids, such as Shannah’s two that she writes about and their lessons in learning. 🙂

I wish my folks had done as Shanah and have done with their kids. I wish I had done the same with our kids. Oh well. At least you can learn from her ideas and not follow in my footsteps.

Read on to see what “The Monkey” learned.