Best of Squirrelers
This page serves as a bookmark for the “Best of Squirrelers”, listing the top 12 posts since Squirrelers was launched.
How do I determine what qualifies as one of the “Best” articles? It’s based on these 2 factors:
- How well it represents the Squirrelers approach to personal finance
- Reader popularity
This page will periodically be updated and refreshed. It’s a place for readers new to Squirrelers to get acclimated, and a place for those who are already friends of Squirrelers to revist past articles of interest.
Here’s the lucky dozen:
The Role of Money in Our Life: The role of money in our lives is discussed, with the introduction of the HWR system: health, wealth, and relationships – all impacting each other and our overall quality of life
6 Key Personal Finance Lessons: It’s important to take stock and learn from our experience; here, we discuss important personal finance lessons learned that can help us in the future
Saving is Great, but Don’t Forget to Make Money Too: Many of us focus quite a bit on saving money, which is important, but we need to actually have money before we can save it!
Random Acts of Kindness Can Bring Riches of Happiness and Experience: Giving to those in need, without expecting anything return, can often be so helpful to the recipient while being very rewarding to the giver
The Importance of Rate of Return: Every percentage point counts – more than what might meet the eye, as this article explores.
Months of Covered Expenses: An Alternate Measure of Wealth: Traditional measures of net worth don’t account for an individual investor’s spending needs, but this one does
What Kind of Car Should A Teenager Be Driving?: This story of my experience seeing teenagers driving a luxury SUV brought out some good opinions and personal experiences from readers
A Dollar Today > A Dollar Tomorrow: Remember that what your dollar buys today will likely be different from what it will buy in the future, considering the time value of money
Time is Money: How Many Hours Did You Work to Buy That?: When deciding on a discretionary purchase, consider the effort involved in being able to make the purchase; the answer, when quantifed, may surprise you.
Squirreling Gone Wild #7 – Starlight, Starbright: When you see those starlight mints as you walk out of a restaurant, do you take just one or do you go to extremes like some people do?
Squirreling Gone Wild #16: The Crafty Waitress: An ordinary meal on a business trip turned into a chess match with a sneaky waitress over a tip
Squirreling Gone Wild #22: The Drive-Thru Discount: Sometimes money is right there under your feet – you just have to keep your eyes open and take a look!
