One Money Design Weekly Round Up: Get Back in Shape Edition

Fri, Aug 28, 2009

Financial Shape I’ve been thinking about my time management and priorities this week. There are a few areas in which I need to get back into shape!

Physically, I’ve neglected exercise too much recently, so it’s time to get back into a consistent routine. What am I doing about that? Well, they key for me is to put it on my calender and find someone to hold me accountable. Haven’t found that accountability partner yet, but it’s on the calendar!

Financially, as you’ll read in A Great Family Meeting About Money , we are now actively creating a new spending plan each month. I think I’ve neglected this area of money management somewhat in the past few months and have been riding a little bit on older planning to carry us through the year.

I think you’re more effective in achieving goals and staying on track if a spending plan is created for each month. Granted, some things will stay the same, but there is a lot of variability that comes with each month and season. I tend to think of each month as a project to get to much larger goals.

I’m pleased to announce my article, How Web 2.0 and Bloggers are Helping People Thrive in Personal Finance, was included in The Carnival of Personal Finance #219 – Little League Edition this week hosted by Your Money Relationship.

Thanks again to Green Panda Treehouse who posted Personal Finance Interview with One Money Design this week. The interview is a great way to get to know more about me and One Money Design.

One Money Design was also mentioned on the Frisco Financial Planning blog.

This week I was on a Live Tuner Chat about financial lessons learned. I was able to provide some thoughts related to discussing money with others. You can read a review of the chat at Green Panda Treehouse.

One Money Design posts this week

In A Great Family Meeting About Money I discuss what I learned about having an effective meeting about our family finances.
Do You Have Single-Minded Focus on Your Finances? If so, you may be taking away your competitive advantage in accomplishing goals such as getting out of debt.
Personal Finance Curriculum Can Change How Society Manages Money. We are now seeing new avenues of financial education that were never available to our youth in families in the past. Hopefully, these avenues of public education can change America’s view on money.
Grocery spending has always been a challenge and a significant part of our monthly budget, but we have learned we can Save Money by Playing The Grocery Game .
We Adore You as Being in Control of Everything, Including Money! To be content, we have to let go of what can sometimes be a tight grip on money and realize who is really in control.

Great personal finance posts around the blogosphere this week

The Advantages of Credit Cards over Cash posted by Money Help for Christians is an interesting discussion on whether or not credit cards should be used over cash.
Interested in finding a personal finance blogger in your area? Personal Finance: Get the Local Perspective was posted by Prime Time Money.
Get Rich Slowly posted the Seven Enemies of Financial Success and The Quiet Millionaire (book review) which are related posts. The Seven Enemies of Financial Success reminds us of internal and external factors that can become barriers to achieving wealth.
Understand they The Importance of Cash Flow Management posted by Personal Dividends is a good read on the basics of personal cash flow management and determining how your money should be allocated.

Did other personal finance articles stand out to you this week? If so, please share them in the comments.