Spills Spotlight: Volume 16

by Matt Spillar · May 27, 2019

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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 the last 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 Three Currencies of Life – Measuring More Than Money

by Coach Carson

“It all started with a change of priorities. Instead of only measuring and prioritizing money, we switched to also measuring and accumulating the currencies of time and mobility. This different lens continues to give us a very practical tool to evaluate everyday decisions and the real sacrifices that will result.”

Why I Quit My Six-Figure Job and Sold Everything

by I Heart Budgets

“On August 7th, 2018, I quit my six-figure job, we sold everything we owned, and hit the road with our family of 5 to live in an RV for a year. AM I CRAZY? Absolutely.”

Are You Wealthy, Successful, and Miserable?

by Accidental FIRE

“Downsizing is probably much harder than never inflating in the first place. The financial independence strategy is to continue to strive to earn more, but to live well below that amount.”

You Are Not Your Anxiety: A Journey Into the Anxious Brain

by More to That

More to That is one of those blogs where whenever a new post is published it’s worth dropping everything to read. They are always well researched, thought provoking, and hilariously illustrated. This post is part one of a two-part series that discusses anxiety, and I strongly recommend checking it out.

The Barbell Strategy for Buying Quality Stuff

by Deep Dish

“I hereby propose the barbell strategy for stuff: buy the very best-in-class for a small set of items, buy the cheapest possible version of everything else, and avoid the middle ground altogether.”

The Triad of Hustling

by Budgets Are Sexy

“When I got home I made a list of all the projects I was working on, and quickly realized that the answers I was looking for came down to three simple variables:

The amount of time each project was taking up
The amount of money each project was making (or more aptly, not making)
The amount of FUN I was actually having if I were being completely honest with myself

I began calling this the Triad of Hustling anytime I shared this new epiphany with friends, and the takeaway was that if you can score well in any two of the three departments it was a project worth continuing with.”

The Tyranny of Convenience

by New York Times

“Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all destination and no journey. But climbing a mountain is different from taking the tram to the top, even if you end up at the same place. We are becoming people who care mainly or only about outcomes. We are at risk of making most of our life experiences a series of trolley rides.”

Go Deeper, Not Wider

by Raptitude

“Going deeper requires patience, practice, and engagement during stretches where nothing much is happening. It’s during those moments that switching pursuits is most tempting. Newness doesn’t require much at all, except, sometimes, a bit of disposable income.”

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