Our Personal Finances

This is the first post in a series in which we want to share some interesting posts of other bloggers whom we follow. When we list a post in this roundup we remain with our favorite themes - setting up a budget, household expenses, lower debt, and general personal finance topics that can aid in reaching financial goals. We hope that you enjoy the insights of the bloggers whom I highlight every week starting today.

"How to Start Being Frugal" - BeingFrugal describes how one can become frugal with baby-steps.

"How to Replace Bad Financial Habits With Good Ones" - Leo Babauta of Zen Habits suggests a similar idea when you want to break bad habits. Focus on one habit, make baby-steps and commit publicly. Maybe you can become your own partner/public by signing a commitment contract at http://www.stickk.com/login.php

"How I Spent My Saturday - I Created a Grocery Price Book" - BloggingAwayDebt is taking a leaf out of the book about running a business by creating an inventory list for the household listing prices for each item on the “shelves”.

"Help, The Recession Is Making Me Fat" - FrugalDad speculates that an unknown and hidden side-effect of the economic recession may be an increase in the obesity rate. He also lists some suggestions how to eat a healthy diet without breaking the bank.

"Income Diversification" - Moolanomy expands on the well-known concept of diversifying one’s assets by discussing how to diversify one's income as well.