These books and resources helped me to automate my finances (savings and investments) and prioritize the things that really matter to me and cut expenses for everything else. It’s not fast or glamorous, but compound interest is amazing. And living be...
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Getting started on the path to financial independence
Budget and Financial Tracking Tools
Debt Free Living
Money Psychology 🤯
Getting started on the path to financial independence
Some initial recommendations for getting started or delving deeper into your personal finance journey
On my own, I’m not good with money. I’m forgetful and don’t like details. But in this book Ramit, presents easy steps to get a handle of your finances, automate savings and begin imaging your rich life. Prioritize the things that make your life rich....
I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition: No Guilt. No Excuses. ...
Financial Independence isn’t tricky. Simple Path to Wealth presents tried and true ways to build wealth. No get rich quick schemes here…just simple tools for financial freedom
The Simple Path to Wealth: Financial Independence
Building wealth isn’t hard. This common sense guide gives the slow, steady and simple path to build wealth
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee ...
The best personal finance advice is to live below your means
*I really appreciated the millionaire profiles, they’re so different than how millionaires are portrayed in the media
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
A great overall guide to investment strategies. While not the first book I’d pick up, it’s useful for gaining broader knowledge in the field of investments
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed: Definitive Value Investing
I’ve followed @thebudgetnista for years on IG. Here she combines her practical advice in a helpful beginner friendly book
Get Good with Money - Financial Literacy Book by Tiffany the Budgetnista
What can I say I love Ramit. Of course his book for couples is good too. 😍
Money for Couples: No More Stress. No More Fights. Just a 10-Step Plan ...
The You Need a Budget App (YNAB) has single handedly helped me transform my finances. As someone with adhd, the details of a budget and reconciling my account were always too tedious, but the app removes the tedium and makes it easy. This book breaks...
YNAB: The Book | YNAB
Even wealth building needs to be easy for me, Automatic millionaire provides reminders of easy things to implement to build wealth
The Automatic Millionaire, Expanded and Updated: A Powerful One-Step ...
This is standard reading in investment and personal finance communities. The 3 fund guide is a super and easy way to diversify your portfolio
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
Our Rich Journey are definitely goals-retire early and move overseas…I love their story of building financial freedom and living their best lives now
Not actually books, but they are recommendations for this list
It’s not a book. But I’d be remised if I didn’t share the app, since I shared the book. Personal finance is personal, so I suggest finding some type of budgeting solution that works for you. YNAB just happens to work great for me and my brain
YNAB
My wealth diary has some awesome and really sleek digital budgeting and network tracking tools in her Etsy shop. Tracking not only my budget but also my net worth keeps me committed during this journey
MyWealthDiary - Financial Independence/Retire Early
Be prepared. Folks on Reddit go hard. While I’m not that much of a stickler it’s always great to have a resource at your fingertips that provides such a breath and depth of information
Personal Finance
I really like the CEO of Financial Diet, Chelsea Fagan. Financial Diet provides great tips and resources for women seeking to take control of their finances
The Financial Diet
Debt Free Living
Useful book for avoiding debt for college. Great as a gift for a recent high school grad or as a primer for someone considering school
Debt Free Degree: ONeal, Anthony
Please don’t get turned off by the name, but this book provides great tips to get out of debt fast
Getting Out of Debt For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal ...
Money Psychology 🤯
Another great book that focuses on your personal relationship with money and your money mindset. How we relate to our money is a key factor own the path to financial independence
Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship ...
Psychology and our behavior play a huge role in how we view and handle money…a great way to step back from the practical tips to see how your values and views on money affect your path to wealth
The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and ...