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Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life | JL Collins, J L Collins

It‘s not bad. Good advice, actually acknowledges the common millennial worry that the world will end before retirement. Does read like an ad for Vanguard, which he addresses. #financialreads

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Millennial Money Makeover: Escape Debt, Save for Your Future, and Live the Rich Life Now | Conor Richardson

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First read of 2020! It‘s cheating because I read most of it in 2019, but eh. A worthy addition to the anti-debt pantheon of finance books. #financialreads

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The Financial Diet: A Total Beginner's Guide to Getting Good with Money | Chelsea Fagan, Lauren Ver Hage

A little pre-haircut reading. #financialreads #dayoff

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You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want | Jesse Mecham

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The cover is somewhat misleading. It teaches you the rules of the YNAB system, but doesn‘t really get into the nitty gritty of what this magical budget actually looks like. I can‘t use the app because I refuse to surrender my account information, so not getting a better idea of how this system actually looks was disappointing. Sort of felt like a long intro. That said, the ideas are good. Just difficult to implement as presented. #financialreads

EchoMike782 I definitely understand your frustration! So many people tall about budgeting. Few actually SHOW you what it actuslly looks like. I have been using YNAB for several years. Let me know if you'd like to see my budget and how I use YNAB. I'd be happy to help!

You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want

janeycanuck If I understand your concern, it‘s that you don‘t want to link your financial accounts to YNAB? I use it and I don‘t have anything linked, I manually enter everything. If that‘s not what you meant, just ignore the crazy person in your comments 🙃 7y

TheBookDream @EchoMike782 and @janeycanuck Thanks for your comments and offers! I apologize for not commenting sooner. Yes, I couldn‘t use YNAB because nothing in the free trial indicated I could use it without hooking up all my accounts. I‘m a bit old-fashioned and have no interest in doing that. I didn‘t know about the manual option and wish that had been explained when I had the free trial. Now that I‘ve burned through that I‘m unsure what I‘ll do. 7y

janeycanuck I tried YNAB years ago and it didn‘t click but I deleted my account and was able to sign up for a new free trial. And definitely google 3-month trial cause I think the standard is about 2 weeks but I needed way longer to feel comfortable with it. ETA: I think if you email them, they‘ll reset your trial, too. Maybe try starting with that instead of deleting and resigning up. (edited) 7y

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You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want | Jesse Mecham

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You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want | Jesse Mecham

#bookandboardgame #financialreads #whatcongressneeds

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Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together | Erin Lowry

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Smangela Oh my gosh I'm 1 away too! I hope you get a referral asap :) 8y

TheBookDream #Smangela Thanks! Me too. It's a great deal for whomever signs up, since redeeming even a candy bar within 7 days gets you the $10 bonus. You can't cash out until $20, but after you redeem the initial rebate you use it at your leisure and cash out when you can. I love it 👍👍🙂 8y

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Smangela @TheBookDream so very very true. I decided to save up my earnings and use it toward my little one's first birthday! It makes shopping wayyyy more fun haha check out Shopkick too - you don't even have to buy anything to earn points you can redeem for gift cards 8y

TheBookDream @Smangela Do you have a referral code for Shopkick I should use? 7y

Smangela @TheBookDream whoa, turns out I do! https://app.shopkick.com/r/1atL-J 7y

Smangela Did you get your 3rd friend? I *think* my mom will qualify for me in time, fingers crossed! 7y

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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness | Dave Ramsey

Stuff I'm working on for #Litsypartofone! #financialreads #POTC

CrowCAH How do you like The Price of Freedom? I'm currently rereading it; I ❤️ POTC!!! Treasure that library book, cause it's a rare copy! 7y

TheBookDream @CrowCAH I actually haven't read it yet. I am looking forward to it. It does seem to be hard to find, huh? I was surprised when I saw it since I didn't know A.C. Crispin wrote that late in her life. I loved the Star Trek novels she wrote back in the day. 7y

CrowCAH @TheBookDream neat! It was my first read for A.C. Crispin; well done. The book came out the same year as On Stranger Tides; already six years ago! 7y

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Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties | Beth Kobliner