It has been a busy week because of a project in the works. I wanted to roundup the personal finance posts I enjoyed around the PF blogosphere. These bloggers are on my Blogroll list so feel free to check them out. (By the way, the Blogroll is new this week, last week I was using Bloglines to list my Blogroll until I became a gatekeeper for SocialBlogroll so now the Blogroll is from my WordPress Blogroll.) I wish I had more time to list some other terrific articles, maybe next week.

I enjoyed Dividends4Life’s analogy about Harvest the Fruit. I am reminded of a saying I heard somewhere, “The best time to plant the tree you are enjoying in your front yard is 20 years ago.” I actually saw a show the other day about this family who owns the largest lemon farm in the Italian city of Sorrento which has been in the family for generations. They owed the farm for at least 4 generations and now all their lemons are used to make limoncello so in a sense, the family is living off the fruits of their harvest.

Ralph left a really good comment on Dollar Frugal’s De-Cluttering Plan. It made me think of all the stuff I had to move around from time to time wherever I lived, and I lived in 8 different states in the last 15 years. Each time I moved from state to state meant literally de-cluttering my stuff since all I could take with me was my clothes and a few knickknacks.

Her Every Cent Counts tells us My Father is Sick, My Mother Doesn’t Even Know How to Pay the Bills. This is a common problem to see when only one of the couple manages the finances and the other one doesn’t know what to do. That is why I encourage people to take the time to learn more about how to manage their personal finances including how to have an exit strategy because no one lives forever. Otherwise, what is the point of saving?

How I Save Money is awaiting feedback from you about a little known issue many foreign students deal with because of certain rules that explains Why Some People CANNOT Get Another Job. It is true because there are rules to follow. Even some employers will not let you have a second job if they feel that job is interfering with your performance because you are overworked.

Saving For A Home discusses in Driving vs Biking to work how she is saving money by biking to work instead of driving to work. Not only is she saving gas money, she is also saving parking fees. If she saves $75 a month doing this, then she would end up saving $900 dollars a year. It adds up, doesn’t it?

Living Off Dividends talked about Tax Benefits Of Passive Income. It is really good to know there are advantages to this type of income. I am currently doing some research into The Income Triangle. It is certainly a way to increase your yearly income without having to work for it. As always, I encourage you to learn as much as you can about your income and the taxes involved with the different type of income you make.

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