.. for a lean purse !

as i’ve mentioned in my book review of the richest man in babylon, the main character, arkad, teaches his fellow citizens of babylon his methods of acquiring wealth through his ‘7 cures for a lean purse’.

with this in mind, every other friday i would like to cover a ‘cure’ * for our own lean purses.  these cures will be drawn primarily from lessons learned in books i have read, or from various resources found online.  i will choose one particular ‘cure’ to focus on, and we shall analyze the idea together here at FWP.

we shall consider:

• what is the wisdom for the day?
• have we already been utilizing the wisdom in our own financial lives?
• if so, how?  and, has that been successful for us?  how might our approach be improved upon?
  
• if not, how might we do so moving forward?
• what are the ways we can apply the lesson in our own lives?

i encourage you, the reader, to chime in and let me and fellow readers know in the comments what you think of each ‘cure’ as they are explored.

why friday? many of us are working regular day jobs during the week*, and look forward to fridays when the weekend is that much closer.  more continuous time to tend to our own hobbies and errands are near.  hence, perhaps the money lesson for friday might be more easily embraced and applied over the weekend when the stresses and responsibilities of one’s employment are not so forefront in our minds.

a sample article that was not technically posted on a friday is On Paying Yourself First.  until the next post of Friday Cures, here are all the past articles so far.

*i don’t profess to be a professional financial adviser, or a doctor of any sort.

**i realize, of course, that there are also some of us though, that do work over the weekends (also or instead).