Comments on: A Bunch of #Wins Martin Luther King Would Be Proud of ;)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:00:04 +0000

In reply to Torrie @ To Love and To Learn. YES YES YES!!! It's the daily thinking and habits that will form from this which completely changes things! I am so very excited for both you and your wallet! Way to take action and test it out! :)

By: Torrie @ To Love and To Learn

Torrie @ To Love and To Learn — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:09:07 +0000

Here’s another win to chalk up to your own board—you convinced me to start tracking my own net worth! I started back in August, and it has been completely life-changing. (In fact, I wrote a whole blog all about it, giving you all the inspirational credit, of course):

https://www.toloveandtolearn.com/2019/01/22/why-tracking-my-net-worth-has-been-a-game-changer-why-i-think-everyone-should-do-it/

Like I said in my post, I’ve always been pretty good with money, but actually tracking these numbers every month have made me think much more about the impact of all our daily financial choices a lot more. Now, rather than just considering if we have the money in our checking account to be able to “afford” something, I ask myself if I’d rather that money go towards our savings or investments instead…and as a result, our savings rate has definitely accelerated because of it!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:55:54 +0000

In reply to PFI.

Glad you enjoyed this!

Here’s a PDF version of the original “Freedom Budget” if you want to check it out (84 pages):

https://archive.org/details/freedomBudgetForAllAmericansBudgetingOurResources1966-1975To

And then here’s a summary of it, also PDF but only 24 pages:

https://www.prrac.org/pdf/FreedomBudget.pdf

Looks like there’s an updated *book* with commentary on it too via Amazon:

https://amzn.to/2AUPxiM

By: PFI

PFI — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:44:33 +0000

So great to see the positive emails and impact.

Also – thanks for mentioning the Freedom Budget. I somehow had missed that part of his work!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:12:32 +0000

In reply to Tonya@Budgetandthebeach.com. It's certainly better than the hate mail - which I also get a lot of ;)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:10:42 +0000

In reply to Chris.

D’oh – forgot there were other Martin Luther’s, haha… That’s what I get for abbreviating ;)

Glad you liked the Challenge Everythings! Been a while since I’ve done them… maybe I need to do a round II?

By: Tonya@Budgetandthebeach.com

Tonya@Budgetandthebeach.com — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:47:20 +0000

Wow that’s awesome!! Good for those people and it must feel so warm and fuzzy to get emails like that!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:10:02 +0000

Not to be picky, but your title says Martin Luther. I started reading your post thinking it would be about Martin Luther (Father of the Reformation), until I saw the word, “America”. :) By the way, I loved your Challenge Everything post in the past.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:45:58 +0000

In reply to Joe. Everyone with a blog is helping others in this world :)

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:31:48 +0000

Wow, you’re making a big difference in so many people’s lives. That must be very gratifying. It’s really true that everyone has to start somewhere. Just do your best and keep at it!