linklings, “no Wii under the tree” edition
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Well, it’s the day after Christmas. Again. I didn’t get a Wii. Again. Maybe next year. I have an interesting holiday dynamic since I celebrated Christmas growing up (and still do) and my wife Bubelah’s big holiday was New Year’s Eve - the biggest holiday of the Soviet/Russian year. We have both traditions in our house, so my son gets two big to-dos over 7 days. We had a muted Christmas this year since my family was scattered this year, but my son still gets Santa/Christmas on the 25th then Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost)/Novy God (New Year’s) on the 31st. It makes the days between Christmas and New Year’s feel more like a pause than a letdown, which is nice. I’m also debating the tax benefits of making a few investment moves now, which is not nice - thinking about taxes is always annoying.
OK, on to the links:
Money, Finance and Fancy: The Carnival of Personal Finance #132, Whimsical Christmas Edition
- My article “Spend Less Than You Earn - The Wrong Way To Think” was an editor’s pick at the Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted this week by SVB at The Digerati Life. I also liked this article at The Investor’s Journal about setting rules for your investing since Bubelah and I were just talking about this today.
- This was more or less a guest post on Tim Ferriss’ blog. I have high hope to travel the world with my kids. I don’t think it gets easier as you have more - and we have another on the way - but I think too many people are scared of traveling with kids anywhere more ambitious than Disneyworldlandburg, so this was a nice article to read to reassure me that more is possible.
Millionaire Mommy Next Door: How to Become a Famous Blogger (or) I’m a Closet Millionaire No More
- MMND is going to be on Montel Williams’ show on December 28th. I’m looking forward to watching - not every day you get to see bloggers “live”, is it? This is a big step forward for one of my favorite bloggers.
Investing has Social Consequences Whether you Like it or Not » The Dividend Guy Blog
- Honestly, I worry about this all the time - then forget about it when it’s time to invest. I know that by investing in index funds I’m investing in all kinds of things I would rather not be investing in - defense contractors, oil companies, Wal-Mart, etc. I don’t know how to resolve my desire to do socially responsible investing with my desire to gain financial freedom. However, I’m being socially irresponsible regardless of my investments. In a sense, every time I buy a drop of gas I’m already subsidizing the oil company I buy it from, for example, unless they are selling at a loss - which I doubt.
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