Spills Spotlight: Volume 6

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Welcome to this month’s Spills Spotlight! This series consists of a roundup of my favorite personal finance blog posts from around the web, publishing on the last day of each month. If you missed last month’s Spotlight, you can check it out here.

Throughout the month I read a couple hundred blog posts and include my favorites here. Spills Spotlight is an opportunity for me to share my favorite posts with my readers, and showcase the work of my fellow bloggers within the personal finance blogging community. I hope you enjoy this series, and feel free to comment with suggestions on which posts should be included in upcoming months!

The Death of Anthony Bourdain: Thoughts on Productivity, Pleasure, and Depression

by J.D. Roth at Get Rich Slowly

“It’s the pleasure trap,” she said. “People fall for the lie that momentary pleasure equals happiness. But pleasure isn’t the same as happiness.”

She’s right, of course. Happiness is like planting a garden, watching it grow, then enjoying the harvest. Pleasure is simply eating the fruit. Happiness is deeper and richer and longer lasting. Pleasure is fleeting; happiness is not. But happiness involves time and work and patience.”

4 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person

by Barking Up the Wrong Tree

“Issues aren’t scary when we know there are solutions. It’s much easier to face harsh truths when we know there’s a roadmap, and that we’ll come out the other side stronger.”

Why Pringles Will Always Taste Like Luxury to Me

by Mithila Phadke via Vice

“It was fitting that it would also be the day I’d buy Pringles for the first time because for most of my 25-year-old life thus far, luxury and longing had tasted exactly like a plain salted American potato chip, sold in a tube-shaped can.”

Success Isn’t About Money, It’s About Peace

by Millennial Money

“On my own journey I’ve learned that success doesn’t come from money, or a promotion, or the next big project, or that new car. It doesn’t come from outside. It comes from within.”

Leveraging the Power of Time Constraint to Get More Done

by Frugalwoods

“You can afford to buy the things that are most important to you and you have enough time to do the things that are most important to you. In order to do this, however, you have to eliminate all of the unimportant time and money drains from your life.”

Patient People Are Outliers and Their Advantage is Insane

by Four Pillar Freedom

“Our culture loves the idea of the overnight success because it gives us all hope that we too could one day become wildly successful and wealthy in a short period of time. But when we pull back the curtain on these overnight success stories, we see years of blood, sweat and tears that went into the making of them.”

How to Manage Money When You Hate Money

by Kristin Wong

“Money is not as important as your health or your time or your experiences, but it can impact all of those things. You use it and you need it, so you might as well learn how it works. Learning to be good with money takes time. It’s a long-term commitment, not a short-term solution. So don’t feel like you have to learn it all at once.”

A Hard Reset After Losing Everything in the Tubbs Fire

by Dads Dollars Debts via Think Save Retire

“We all have different reasons we aim for financial independence. They are varied and all equally correct. For me, it was to ensure I will have time with my family and not stress about finances ever again.”

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