Unfortunately, march madness is over and there will be nothing for me to do until next October when college basketball season starts. All that’s left now is pouring over the recruiting and trying to figure out how my alma matter will hang on to its coach if they have another successful season. In other news, I got second in my work bracket pool (after a totally disastrous first weekend) which I thought was pretty awesome!
Anyway, on to the best links of the week:
I met david from Money Under thirty at fincon last year and he was really knowledgeable. He recently expanded his family and wrote a very detailed post about the costs of a baby.
Money Reasons wants to know if you’re trying to become financially independent. I never really had a problem watching too much tv once I started living on my own, though I make sure that I keep it in check 98% of the time now, and occasionally give myself days where I do nothing but watch tv/movies for a few hours.
Get Rich Slowly has a good post about staying healthy. Personally, I agree with this spot on – you can neglect your health early in life, but you’ll pay for it at some point. For me, I just choose to do it now and enjoy it rather than cursing my lack of doing something about my health 15 years from now.
Children do not have to be expensive at all. I have a 3 and 2 year old and since my oldest was born my grocery bill has gone up $50 a month(but eating out has gone down more than that) and we’ve probably spent $1500 tops on them for other things in the last 3 years. If keeping costs down is important to someone in any part of their life they will figure out how to do it. If convenience is more important then you’ll spend a lot to not have to save a lot.
I agree em – a lot of people treat children like they are money pits, and I dont believe that has to be the case – it can be if you make it that way, though.
Thanks for the weekend reading list!
Ahhhh babies! I am trying not to think too much about the cost of having one. I am convinced that if everyone knew exactly how much work children are our birth rate would fall by 50%.