Personal Finance Review – Best Investment I Ever Made Edition

Maybe I’m being a little over the top but in terms of value gained in relation to money spent, the purchase of my Zen Nano Plus mp3 player is the best investment I ever made!  What’s so great about it?  Never ending learning and self-improvement, anytime and anywhere.

Whether it’s driving to work, waiting in line, or doing housework all weekend I’m constantly learning through the audio I download from across the web.  I can stuff tons of financial tips, business building resources, personal development audio, and expert interviews into the 1 GB of storage space. The problem I have is making time to apply everything that I learn!

I bought it for a steal about 18 months ago. The information I’ve absorbed over that time has earned or saved me thousands of dollars and hopefully many more to come : )   Definitely my best investment ever. If you don’t have some kind of portable audio player, I’d recommend searching the web for one on sale and filling it full of information you want to learn.  While you’re shopping, look for one that you can dictate into as well so that you can record mental notes for yourself as you listen and learn.

If only all the personal finance sites would just record their content on audio, I could listen to posts about money all day long : )  Oh well, until that happens we’ll just have to read them, here are some good ones this week:

–What A Financially Painful Childhood Can Teach You about Money @ Money, Matter, & More

–Reader Question: I’m Investing Regularly, but How Do I Know if I’m Doing Well? @ Generation X Finance

–Where Would You Put Money Now? @ Lazy Man & Money

–There are Lifecycle Funds. Then There are Lifecycle ETFs @ Suns Financial Diary

–Yet Another Finance Giveaway! Enter Our First Year Anniversary Prize Giving Event @ The Digerati Life

–Credit Card Debt: It’s About Responsibility, Not Math @ Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

–Look Before You Leap: Roth IRA Conversions in 2010 @ Five Cent Nickel

–Find Out How Bad (Or Good) Your Situation Really Is @ No Credit Needed

–List of money-related forums and discussion boards @ Mighty Bargain Hunter

–I Almost Saved $100k on a Home! @ Free Money Finance

–When Everyday Life Gets in the Way of Your Dreams – And A Plan To Get Past It @ The Simple Dollar

Thanks to Mighty Bargain Hunter for hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance last week.  I’ve done it once before and know it’s a LOT of work.  Also, I’ve recently become acquainted with another network of personal finance sites that offer interesting money stories and tips you might want to check out, the sites are listed below:

• Being Frugal
• Christian Finance
• DebtFREE-Revolution
• Gather Little By Little
• I’ve Paid For This Twice Already
• Moolanomy
• My Two Dollars
• Plonkee Money
• Single Guy Money
• The Dough Roller

Ben Edwards, the founder of Money Smart Life, saved up enough to buy a Nintendo back when he was 12 years old. When he used the money to buy shares of Wal-Mart stock instead, he knew he wasn't like the other kids... His addiction to personal finance has paid off for his family and now he's helping you to afford the life that you want. Check him out on the web at Google Plus, Twitter and Facebook.

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