This week has been amazing. Since removing World of Warcraft from my computer (and making a couple of other similar changes in my life), I’ve been tackling my responsibilities with a fervor. It’s almost like I’m a grown-up! I’ve been exercising, eating right (mostly), and, best of all, I’ve been writing all day, every day. It’s fantastic.
Sometimes the best way to do the right thing is to actually choose the right thing.
While I’m slaving away on future articles for Get Rich Slowly, here are some interesting stories from around the web:
First, how sad is it that I have to discover a fine thread from the Get Rich Slowly forums via another web site? I was getting caught up at Pocketmint, when I read Karawynn’s post about the conflict between parental generosity and financial limits. Turns out she was inspired to share her story because of this GRS forum thread filled with similar anecdotes.
Flexo at Consumerism [...]

Sara’s been reading personal finance blogs for a while now, and she’s ready to set up a budget. She’s come to us for help. She writes:
I would like to start listing my spending totals into a spreadsheet budget along with setting goals for ‘bigger things’ (trips, winter tires etc). Do you have a budget template that works for you, or could you please recommend a few tips on getting started?
A budget can be an excellent tool not only for planning your spending, but also for planning your saving. Over the past 2½ years, I’ve shared a variety of budgets and budgeting tools — here are some of my favorite.
3 Budget Frameworks
A budget doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, readers have recommended three very simple budgets to me in the past. Most people will need more detail than these provide, but each provides a framework on which to build something more personal. (Notice that each [...]