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aathos's review against another edition
4.0
Your Money or Your Life puts as much focus on the Personal part of Personal Finance as it does the Finance, encouraging the reader to consider how their money habits fit with their ideals. Going beyond the basic steps of calculating your net worth and tracking your spending, YMOYL gives focused directions on how to think about your earnings and spending in a way that will cause you to see where you need to make changes and motivate you to actually make them. I have been halfheartedly working towards Financial Independence (FI) for a little while now, and I intend to implement their plan to really kick it into a higher gear.
I had just a few small complaints that kept me from giving the book a full 5 stars, and would have given 4.5 if I could. The opening chapter is written for someone who doesn't yet have control of their finances, which I didn't find quite as relatable, but I recognize that I am not the target audience they are trying to encourage to read the whole book. Also, the investment advise is significantly more risk averse than I think is necessary, even in the updated edition that I read which admits that keeping all your funds in bonds may not be the best choice.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get their personal finances in line with the life they want to live. The few criticisms I have are mostly due to the fact that I already had my finances in order, though not optimized for reaching Financial Independence quickly.
I had just a few small complaints that kept me from giving the book a full 5 stars, and would have given 4.5 if I could. The opening chapter is written for someone who doesn't yet have control of their finances, which I didn't find quite as relatable, but I recognize that I am not the target audience they are trying to encourage to read the whole book. Also, the investment advise is significantly more risk averse than I think is necessary, even in the updated edition that I read which admits that keeping all your funds in bonds may not be the best choice.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get their personal finances in line with the life they want to live. The few criticisms I have are mostly due to the fact that I already had my finances in order, though not optimized for reaching Financial Independence quickly.
irfan3's review against another edition
5.0
This book has given me a lot of insight about my life and how I am doing it with my money. I realized that we worked hard every day as the slave of money. Everyday and everywhere we need money, and we are afraid if we live without money even for just a few days.
We need to work to make a living, not make a dying. Every day we worked from nine to five until we are sixty five, and we then realize that we wasted so much time on it. Read this book, and you will be financially enlightened. :)
We need to work to make a living, not make a dying. Every day we worked from nine to five until we are sixty five, and we then realize that we wasted so much time on it. Read this book, and you will be financially enlightened. :)
dizzyliminal's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
awhipp17's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
this book was very clear and inspiring for taking charge of your life and work-life balance and finances and life philosophy, etc. i can see that it seeped into the normal lexicon over the years since it was first published, nice that they updated it. it was nice to see that we already do many of these things, and it was nice to see ourselves in the "enough" concept. its helpful to see that we can take the approach that we already take/have and go several steps further if we want, but i think at this time we don't need to be as extreme in charting everything as this book, but it was clear and helpful and has lots of ideas and frameworks and exercises and questions for discussion.
loreads's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
5.0
I feel like I've taken a lot from this book now and would like to re-read or re listen to it maybe 5 years from now. Such a good book to reflect on my relationship to money and slowing down my consumption cycles... Recommended!