Morning!

So I don’t usually do this, but I have a friend who’s suffering from something pretty scary right now (“Complex Regional Pain Syndrome” aka “The Suicide Disease”) and if you wouldn’t mind sharing this or donating a few bucks to help her out I’d be SUPER appreciative:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-agatha-beat-crps

We raised some good money blogging about it last week, but would love to do one more final push for her to get her closer to her goal of $10k! So anything you could do would be awesome! (But no pressure!)

In other, not-nearly-as-important news, here were my favorite articles from around the web lately, as well as those I published on the blog…

I swear none of them are as sad as that link up there :)

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Popular Articles from the blog lately:

19 Things Future Multimillionaires Do… — Stumbled across this listicle and wondered if we’re on the right track or not :) How many of these can you confidently check off?

10 Ways to Get You Closer To Your Best Life — A handful of things you can do to be a better person to others, or yourself :) Both very important!

How Much Americans Have Saved For Retirement — If you’re a millennial and rank in any of these levels outside the first one, place your hand here as you’re already beating out a good portion of everyone else ;)

The Different Wealth Levels and How They Affect Your Decisions — If you’re wondering why you treat money differently now than you did back in the day, this is the article for you. Especially those who have gone UP the ladder over the years.

3 Tricks I Do That Helps Me Be More Charitable — You know what really impresses me? Unicorns. You know what impresses me 10x more? People who naturally think of others before themselves :) Unfortunately for me I’m closer to being a unicorn than I am someone who thinks of others first, but over the years I have learned that you can trick yourself into being a better person just by incorporating a few daily habits.

Saving up for something? Buy the stock first! — For instance, if you’re looking to buy the latest iPhone, buy Apple shares worth that phone and see if you still want to buy the phone… That way, you tend to reduce unnecessary expenses while building a decent portfolio to rely on.

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Articles from around the web I really liked this week:

How $39 Changed Our Mortgage Payoff Journey Forever via She Picks Up Pennies  — “On May 28, 2015, I made our first extra payment toward the principal. I paid $39.04. It almost seems cute, but that small amount was so powerful. In so many ways, it was the first domino that led us to exactly where we are now.”

A fun (and highly profitable) psychological trick to try on someone via Quora — “It’s called “The Five Dollar Auction.” You stand up in front of the group, and hold up a five dollar bill. You explain that you will auction this five dollar bill off, and the highest bidder gets it, even if the high bid only a dime. Bidding starts at 10 cents, and goes up in increments of 10 cents or more. There’s just one trick to this auction, and that is that when the auction ends, whoever has the second highest bid also has to pay, but doesn’t get anything.“

11 Reasons Not to Become Famous via Tim Ferriss — “13 years, 5 books, 1,000+ blog posts, and nearly 500M podcast downloads later, I’ve learned a few things about the promises and perils of seeking fame…. If you suddenly had 100,000 or 1,000,000 or 10,000,000 more followers, what might happen? I thought I knew, and I was naive.”

The American Dream vs. The American Trap via Daily Collegian — “I have had the pleasure of traveling to about twenty countries and meeting many young people along my travels. I learned a lot about these people through my experiences, but I have learned even more about myself and the country I call home. No experience has compared to my encounter with Maria. I will never meet her again, but I will also never forget her and what she taught me.”

Google Flights — “A super easy way to price flights with filtering for airlines, dates, times and class of service. You can even track flights, see how the cost compares to average, and receive email updates on prices.” – mentioned in 5 Strategies to Improve Your Cash Flow and Savings via XY Planning Network

The Difference Between Getting By and Getting Better via Raptitude — “I decided it was worth getting better at this one small corner of life. So I began to make a game out of having warmer and more deliberate checkout exchanges. I speak up, engage, smile. It amounts to a straightforward switching of intentions: each purchase is now a chance to become a slightly more personable customer (and person), rather than simply the final step of the shopping process.”

Obvious to you. Amazing to others. [VIDEO] by Derek Sivers — “Any creator of anything knows this feeling: You experience someone else’s innovative work. It’s beautiful, brilliant, breath-taking. You’re stunned. Their ideas are unexpected and surprising, but perfect. You think, “I never would have thought of that. How do they even come up with that? It’s genius!” Afterwards, you think, “My ideas are so obvious. I’ll never be as inventive as that.””

And lastly, this reminder to marinate on over the weekend…

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. – Earl Nightingale

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Get that ball rolling :)

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