Your Money Or Your Life

Your Money Or Your Life

By Haley Sacks

Your Money Or Your Life

Everyone is obsessed with this book. Apparently it’s one of the most influential EVER WRITTEN on personal finance? Oprah said “it can change your life.” So- because Oprah said that- I decided to give it a read…. even though it’s about the FIRE movement  (financial independence, retire early)... and I hate the FIRE movement... 

Don’t get me wrong- I think financial independence and retiring early sounds GREAT! But extreme frugality does not. I would rather work for longer & live a lifestyle that’s comfortable for me (I need nice linens and back massages) than sleep in a van and eat oatmeal to cut expenses so I can leave the workforce. 

But, despite all that, I absolutely adore this book. My copy is highlighted and underlined and I have notes on my phone of parts I wanna remember. It taught me SO MUCH about my relationship with money and spending. And also made me consider what ENOUGH is. Most financial advice is based on the idea that more-is-better. This book is based on the idea that enough is enough. And to figure out what your enough is. 

So yeah- I got rid of ⅓ of the stuff in my apartment and haven’t bought anything new since I read this book? Am I FIRE now? Ew, no. But I do feel less connected to things that I was and like in many ways it healed my relationship with money? IDK, I think this is a very special book- fam. Like lowkey, I loved it. I would recommend it 10/10.

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“The best book on money. Period.” –Grant Sabatier, founder of “Millennial Money,” on CNBC Make It

"This is a wonderful book. It can really change your life." -Oprah

 
For more than twenty-five years, Your Money or Your Life has been considered the go-to book for taking back your life by changing your relationship with money. Hundreds of thousands of people have followed this nine-step program, learning to live more deliberately and meaningfully with Vicki Robin’s guidance. This fully revised and updated edition with a foreword by "the Frugal Guru" (New Yorker) Mr. Money Mustache is the ultimate makeover of this bestselling classic, ensuring that its time-tested wisdom applies to people of all ages and covers modern topics like investing in index funds, managing revenue streams like side hustles and freelancing, tracking your finances online, and having difficult conversations about money.
 
Whether you’re just beginning your financial life or heading towards retirement, this book will show you how to: 
 
• Get out of debt and develop savings
• Save money through mindfulness and good habits, rather than strict budgeting
• Declutter your life and live well for less
• Invest your savings and begin creating wealth
• Save the planet while saving money
• …and so much more!

"The seminal guide to the new morality of personal money management." -Los Angeles Times

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January 2021

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