Friday Roundup
April 11th, 2008 Posted in Friday Roundup
Here I go again, almost missing it. But it’s been a looong day.
- Moolanomy lists several free money opportunities. I’ll vouch for RevolutionMoneyExchange–I’ve brought in about $80 or so just for trying them out!
- Oldie but goodie from Being Frugal: How I taught my preschooler the value of a dollar. (She, not I. I’m just quoting her post title. But I sure will be keeping this in mind for when I think my daughter will grok it–she’s a bit speech-delayed.)
- Grad Money Matters has 101 tips for frugal living. Actually, I keep running into posts like this on PF blogs and they start sounding alike after a while. Which has got me thinking I should do my own how-to-be-frugal post which would distill all these other posts down into their common denominators, only I feel a bit uncomfortable about the prospect because if I were so great at being frugal, I would not be in this mess. But I’m considering it anyway.
- Zen Habits discusses goal tracking using Ben Franklin as inspiration. How tremendously cool.
- Life Optimizer lists several free passive income resources. There has been some debate over whether passive income is really passive, but I think the term is used here in its broadest sense of “income one makes outside of regular paid employment.” One of my fondest dreams is to get to the point I am living off of passive income, because while work is rewarding, jobs are boring.
Whew! I’ll try not to wait until midnight next week, OK?
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Thanks for the mention! My son is a tad speech delayed too. I’ll bet your daughter will grasp the concept before you know it!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Wow-the preschooler chart link is awesome! That’s a brilliant idea. I hope I don’t piss you off when I say this- but I sorta wonder if you’re under-estimating Thea’s abilities. I know I’m childless and all, but from some of the things you say, Thea’s pretty smart (even with speech delay). And she definitely knows how to get her way… hee hee. Developmentally, she’s at the age to want to do grown up things and I believe she’d be a great clean up helper for you if you pushed her on it. Reward systems generally work great for toddlers (I hear that parents use reward systems a lot for potty training, too). I don’t know- maybe you’re not underestimating her abilities- I know you’re doing more the “natural child rearing” stuff, which I know nothing about. I might assume that it means allowing your child to “grow” on their own time table rather than the parent pushing the child to do things as the parents see fit. I do know that biologically, her brain is at it’s peak, and the more teaching/challenging/pushing/training you do with her NOW, the better. Brains develop better with challenges- so if you can help her develop it while it’s primed, the better off she’ll be later.