Selectively Cheap (A Wealth of Common Sense)

A great read on how to budget for lazy people and also, in my opinion, how one should think about spending money. I’m still in the camp that believes that money is important and useful but only up to a certain extent. After all, ask someone who lacks money for the basic stuff like food, shelter, medicine, water, electricity and they’ll let you know how important money is. On the other hand, beyond a certain level of comfort, money doesn’t bring much more utility. If you need a good example of diminishing marginal utility, money is it.

Looking back at our 2018 finances (Minimalist in the City)

Always nice to look at how much other people spend on different areas of life. I’m rooting for this family to hit their FI goals.

Return of the Ever-Wrongs (The Big Picture)

It’s amazing how some people can be so wrong and yet so blind to being wrong. I know all about the Dunning-Kruger effect but still, for some people to be so blatantly wrong and yet not realise it, boggles me.