Comments on: Book Review: Your Money or Your Life http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/ Crafting the Super-Natural Life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The Worsted Witch » Tips for the Frugal, Luxurious Life http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70464 The Worsted Witch » Tips for the Frugal, Luxurious Life Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:56:12 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/#comment-70464 [...] asked me if Frugal Luxuries, which I quoted from earlier, trod the same ground as Your Money or Your Life—it almost seemed that way in the beginning, but as Tracey McBride began to neatly (and [...] [...] asked me if Frugal Luxuries, which I quoted from earlier, trod the same ground as Your Money or Your Life—it almost seemed that way in the beginning, but as Tracey McBride began to neatly (and [...]

]]> By: Emdashes http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-11518 Emdashes Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:24:03 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/#comment-11518 <strong>These Are a Few of My Favorite Things...</strong> The book I love above all others The Queen’s Gambit [Walter Tevis] Enthusiasts par excellence PRINT magazine [where I work] James Wolcott Chiasmus Love Shine [the best store in Williamsburg] Greatest Films [Tim Dirks] The Corduroy Appreciation Cl... These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…

The book I love above all others The Queen’s Gambit [Walter Tevis] Enthusiasts par excellence PRINT magazine [where I work] James Wolcott Chiasmus Love Shine [the best store in Williamsburg] Greatest Films [Tim Dirks] The Corduroy Appreciation Cl…

]]> By: green la girl http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-11475 green la girl Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:53:06 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/#comment-11475 I read this book a while back, and it's what really made me more skeptical about what people said about not being able to afford living near where they worked (and thus drove to the suburbs instead). If you count the hours spent commuting -- not to mention the money spent on gas these days -- the costs of living in a suburb really skyrocket, unless you actually work in said suburb. It's one of those things that our capitalist culture encourages one NOT to think about -- I read this book a while back, and it’s what really made me more skeptical about what people said about not being able to afford living near where they worked (and thus drove to the suburbs instead). If you count the hours spent commuting — not to mention the money spent on gas these days — the costs of living in a suburb really skyrocket, unless you actually work in said suburb. It’s one of those things that our capitalist culture encourages one NOT to think about –

]]> By: This Single Spark http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-11441 This Single Spark Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:56:05 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/#comment-11441 Here's a plug. I went to college from '95-97. In '98, I was working at an NGO making the fabulous intern wage of $10 an hour (and wondering why I gave up the glamour of working in a bookstore for only slightly less). I read this book on work time (hey, there weren't paying me enough to work hard) and actually did what the authors recommended. Within two years, I paid off my $11,000 student loan and still managed to have a life. Of course, I'm now back in school and racking up debt again, so perhaps it's time to revisit this book. Anyway, I thought it was fantastic and it really helped me get my finances under control. Read it, read it, read it! Here’s a plug. I went to college from ‘95-97. In ‘98, I was working at an NGO making the fabulous intern wage of $10 an hour (and wondering why I gave up the glamour of working in a bookstore for only slightly less). I read this book on work time (hey, there weren’t paying me enough to work hard) and actually did what the authors recommended. Within two years, I paid off my $11,000 student loan and still managed to have a life. Of course, I’m now back in school and racking up debt again, so perhaps it’s time to revisit this book. Anyway, I thought it was fantastic and it really helped me get my finances under control. Read it, read it, read it!

]]> By: Frances http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-11436 Frances Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:36:56 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/02/26/your-money-or-your-life/#comment-11436 I'm curious to know whether you're actually following the steps, or just reading for advice, revelations, etc. I'm nearly done with my first read of the book, and trying to decide how many, if any, of the steps I want to do, and how practical they will be at this point in my life (i.e., just moved to rural AZ from NYC, gardening, freelancing, not doing too much "making a dying," or spending, for that matter). Not that simply reading the book is such a terrible way to go, but their arguments can be so...<i>alluring</i>. I’m curious to know whether you’re actually following the steps, or just reading for advice, revelations, etc. I’m nearly done with my first read of the book, and trying to decide how many, if any, of the steps I want to do, and how practical they will be at this point in my life (i.e., just moved to rural AZ from NYC, gardening, freelancing, not doing too much “making a dying,” or spending, for that matter).

Not that simply reading the book is such a terrible way to go, but their arguments can be so…alluring.

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