Top 5 Posts – Tips on Budgeting

Happy Victoria Day Long Weekend to all of our Canadian friends! As you already know, each week we will show the top 5 excellent reads from other financial blogs who are also participating in the Yakezie challenge. We hope to provide the best information for tips on budgeting to our readers. The more information you get from every source possible, the more you will end up learning.

The Top 5 Posts of the Week for Tips on Budgeting:

1. The 12 Hour Work Week: The 40 hour workweek. That’s what we’re all used to. The 9-5 standard, punch your clock, Monday through Friday and do what everyone else does. But how many of those hours do you really need to be working? Think about how much time you spend in a week working, and then ask yourself… how much time do you actually need to spend there?  How many hours do you actually need to work in a week?
2. Why Your Expensive Luxury Car Doesn’t Impress Smart People: Yes, it’s true a large segment of society still believes that the car a person drives is a status symbol that accurately reflects the level of financial success he or she has achieved. The truth is smart people know nothing could be further from the, er, truth.  (Dang, I hate when I do that.) As far as smart people are concerned – and even dummies like me – the sticker price of somebody’s car can never be considered a reliable indicator of their financial success. If you don’t believe me, just look around; the proof is everywhere.
3. 12 of the Best Small Business Ideas You Can Open With Very Little Money: I’m especially excited about these ideas because they don’t require lots of money or training — but you can easily build a business that nobody can compete with. This is a post that I updated from a few months back.  I decided to get very specific with the ideas and how to implement them.
4. The End of Oil: I’m not blind to how society is driven by oil, from transport to agriculture to the manufacturing of plastics and other artificial products. I just think, so what? The Stone Age didn’t end when we ran out of stones. The end of oil will mean the end of the oil age, not of human civilization. Solar power, off-shore tidal power, nuclear, geothermal heating, better insulation: they all may have a role to play, or perhaps we’ll invent something new. It’s a solvable problem.
5. 4 Tips To Keep Your Hobby Expenses In Check: Hobbies bring a lot of benefit to the daily lives of many people. They give people an opportunity to learn new things, to feel pride at their accomplishments, and to share their hobby with others. For all of their benefits, hobbies can also wreak havoc on a budget. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to try to keep your hobby costs in check.

All of these posts are well written and provide some interesting and thought provoking tips on budgeting for your reading needs. Congrats to all of the winners and week look forward to reading future posts!

Have an excellent weekend!

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