
Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. – Adam Smith

Without labor nothing prospers. – Sophocles

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. – Martin Luther King

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. – Saint Augustine

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us. – Julia Cameron
Good Stuff From Around the Web
- Good Debt and Bad Debt by Derek @ Life and My Finances
- The Debt Crisis at American Colleges @ The Atlantic
- Sharon and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Cost of Car Ownership @ Musings of a Midlife Mom
- The Mini-Economy of a Neighborhood @ The Non-Consumer Advocate
The Family CEO At Other Sites
In addition to The Family CEO, I’m a staff writer at Passive Family Income, a Customer Columnist at PerkStreet Financial, and an education blogger at U.S. News & World Report. Here are my recent posts on those sites:
- 10 Big and Small Ways to Save Money on College @ U.S. News & World Report
- A Five Step Process for Making Money by Selling Online @ Passive Family Income
- 5 Tips for Buying Used Items for Your Home @ PerkStreet Financial
- Four Ways to Regain Control of Your Finances @ PerkStreet Financial
- Also, Crystal @ Money Saving Mom has a regular feature on her blog called We Paid Cash. Last week she included a post by me: We Paid Cash: Our Daughter’s First Two Years of College. I encourage you to check it out, not so much for my post, but for the comments. There was a really great discussion that followed. Lots of different ideas and opinions. Also, if you’ve never been to Crystal’s blog before, it’s a great resource of money-saving ideas and inspiration. Thanks, Crystal!
Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend, everyone!