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3 articles and 2 videos that made me smarter this month

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As a Personal Finance blogger, I love the diversity of view-points and topics that are around us and some of the content is really great. It helps me understand some of the big trends and make better decisions on my own journey to Financial Independence.

This month I’ve selected for you 3 great articles & 2 videos that I really enjoyed.

The Most Effective Tool to Reach Financial Independence

Ah, 2006, what a good year. After the previous 2 articles, there’s nothing too memorable to remember from that year anymore, is there? At least it marked the year the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona would take only another 20 years to complete. Just 20 more years.

That’s also when I started tracking my net worth and 10 years later TheMoneyMine household is now approaching the double comma club. This is an article for anyone starting out with their finances to see what a progression to 1M$ looks like.

The Secrets of the Financial Independence Playbook

Do you remember when Twitter launched and had its first Tweet ever? That was 10 years ago, in 2006. Facebook had finally conquered universities and was now opening up to the general population and for the first time ever we could download entire movies from iTunes (to iPods).

I started to track my net worth that many years ago. It’s been 10 years and TheMoneyMine household is now approaching the double comma club. This is an article for anyone starting out with their finances to see what a progression to 1M$ looks like.

10 Years of Tracking my Net Worth : This is what I’ve learned

Do you remember when Youtube was still a startup and Google decided to buy them for 1.6B$? That was 10 years ago, in 2006. Georges W Bush was president, Lost was one of the most popular TV shows and the iPhone didn’t exist yet (it was introduced in 2007).

That much time ago is when I started to track my net worth. It’s been 10 years and I’m now approaching the double comma club. This is an article for anyone starting out with their finances to see what a progression to 1M$ looks like.

2 articles and 1 podcast that made me smarter this month

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As a Personal Finance blogger, I love the diversity of view-points and topics that are around us and some of the content is really great. It helps me understand some of the big trends and make better decisions on my own journey to Financial Independence.

This month is a little different and I’ve selected for you 2 great articles & my 5 favorite podcast episodes this month.

The First 7 Days of Parenthood

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A week ago this day, I was driving my wife to the hospital for what we thought would be her ultimate pregnancy check-up before her due date.

It was indeed. She gave birth after the appointment. Before we knew it, we were propelled into parenthood.

Why I won’t open a 529 plan for my kids

If you have followed the blog lately, you may know that I’m a soon-to-be dad. Very soon in fact, about 10 days. I’m both excited and a little stressed.

Excited, because of course I can’t wait to hold my daughter, make her smile, see her grow and teach her all the good stuff this world has to offer. She has a lifetime ahead of her!

A little stressed, for all the same reasons. Man, that’s a huge responsibility!

So a few weeks back, I’ve wondered if there would be great a financial decision that I could already make for her? After some research, the most common advice was to open a 529 plan to financially prepare for her education.

It looks great on paper but I can’t see a good reason for me to open one for her.

5 great articles, Podcasts and Videos that made me smarter this month

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As a Personal Finance blogger, I love the diversity of view-points and topics that are around us and some of the content is really great. It helps me understand some of the big trends and make better decisions on my own journey to Financial Independence.

I’ve selected for you 5 great articles & Several podcasts + Videos that made me smarter this month.

Fake it till you make it : Stock Markets edition

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Many of the entrepreneurs who eventually have a successful business will tell you that they had a secret : they faked it till they made it. It’s good advice to reinforce a positive behavior, but are the markets currently using the same technique to keep going higher?

My Investments Have Paid For All My Expenses This Year

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A few weeks ago, my wife and I went through our little monthly ritual and reviewed our finances for the month of July and we got a little surprise. I can hardly contain my excitement typing these words. 🙂