Comments on: What Baby Sara Taught Me About Personal Finance

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:17 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement and confirmation that it does get easier.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:11:50 +0000

Everything is wonderful. I’m truly blessed that I can spend pretty much the full day in the house.

I will be sure to write a post talking about the cost of raising a child, though I’m not sure if I’m ready yet since I’m at day 9 of 18 years

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:10:51 +0000

Thanks. One way you can help re-ignite your fire may be to shake things up a bit. Change your plan, put money towards a different type of debt for a while. The more you thought you put into it, the easier it is to realize that debt is a big waste of money, which in turns can help you get out of it more easily.

Btw, it’s Sara, without the “h”.

By: Steve |MyWifeQuitHerJob

Steve |MyWifeQuitHerJob — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:37:56 +0000

Really enjoyed this one David. Once you get past the 3 month mark, it gets much easier.

By: Katy Song

Katy Song — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:37:24 +0000

My favorite part about this article is taking responsibility. I know a lot of us new parents out there cannot believe that we are responsible for another being, but this is the time to grow up. All of our decisions have an impact on how our family can prosper in life. It is a choice to take responsibility, potentially delaying instant gratification for a loftier goal in life.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:28:58 +0000

What’s up David. Congrats to you and your wife for delivering such a wonderful baby girl. This is where being a FT blogger must be AWESOME.

Love to read a series of posts chronicling the total cost of child raising in the future. I’m fascinated with the topic.

All the best.

Sam

By: Joseph | kickdebtoff

Joseph | kickdebtoff — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:49:52 +0000

Great lessons from baby Sarah.
Our first struggle in getting our finances in order was discouragement. when we started out the journey to be debt free we were excited really excited at the idea that we can one day be free from debt. But after several months of aggressively attacking debt, we hit a snag. we were worn out but we re-evaluated our goals and set priorities on our strategy. We also realized that it will take some time… but we are still kicking it off…
By the way Congratulations for your new born

By: basicmoneytips.com

basicmoneytips.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:52:52 +0000

My son is 16 months old and I can see your points here. Things do start slow but I think you can get into a routine quickly. Much like anything, in investing, you can be diligent about things, like regularly contributing to your retirement accounts or savings accounts.

By: Billy Wong

Billy Wong — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:00:02 +0000

Taking responsibility is what many have trouble with. Stop blaming everything and everyone and just figure out how you can make the situation better for yourself. Like MoneyNing said, no one cares about our money more than we do.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:52:40 +0000

“Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice only forms a habit.”

So true.