Plenty of great reading this week. 
To me, the following two posts as well as my post from earlier this week about retirement seem to touch on something that isn’t discussed often enough: The idea that your goals and dreams are probably not the same as everyone else’s. In fact, they might not even be similar.
Crackerjack Greenback continues the discussion about retirement and whether it should be our goal in the first place.
Get Rich Slowly shares a short (3-minute) video from financial planner George Kinder, explaining why financial planning must really be done in a context of life planning in order to be done well.
Entrepreneurship
Monevator explains why a little passive income is worth a lot more than you might think. (This article sums up a big part of why I’ve spent much of the last two years building a business. Great reading here.)
Taxes
From my tax blog, one old and one new:
Economics
Amateur Asset Allocator explains the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Personal Finance
MoneyNing gives us some tips for how to deal with unaffordable purchases.
ABCs of Investing explains how CDs work.
The Simple Dollar has some advice on how to have “the money talk” with your significant other.
Just plain fun:
PimpYourFinances shares choice lyrics from his 43 favorite songs about money.
Enjoy your weekend, everybody.
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