Free From Money

So I am back in school and Thursday night is the first midterm. I am dutifully putting off studying until the last possible moment.

Instead of writing a full post, I thought I might just link to a few relevant back to school posts from around the web.

First up, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity wants you to consider your income path. One of the big reasons I am going back to school is to eventually move into a higher paying career. The advice is spot on, annual increases will not get you to where you need to be. Worse yet, you will likely be making less money every year thanks to inflation. If you’re unhappy with your current income it’s time to start thinking about what you can do to change that.

Of course if you’re going to start a new goal it’s important to be organized. Lucky for you 43 Folders has a list of links for the chronically disorganized. I think I can finally say I’m not in that group anymore.

And finally a few tips to help you get stuff done. David Allen’s book ‘Getting Things Done’ has been a huge help in getting myself organized and thinking about the way I handle tasks. It has also been great for stopping procrastination (except for right now of course). On the other hand, instead of sitting around I’m actually being somewhat productive by writing here.

I hope everyone enjoys the links. I hope by next week I can find some time to write up something original, I know Tuesday’s post was a little lame too. Eventually I will finish up part 3 of the retirement series, which will cover rolling over your 401(k)s between jobs. But first I need to rollover my own 401(k) so I can make sure the process I’m describing works!

Now it’s time for me to get back to work!