### [Budget Alignment: You Are What You Spend](https://myeconomicseducation.com/2019/04/27/budget-alignment/)

"Looking at my list of trends and themes, it came time for a reckoning: _Is this who I am? Is this what I value? _Did I want a closet full of clothes I got because they were on sale, or did I want an actual emergency fund? Did I care about cute throw pillows that ended up on the floor covered in dog hair, or did I want to pay off my private student loans? "  

### [Maximize Career or Adventure?](https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/15/maximize-adventure-career/)

"The premise is this: folks out there know some form of career is necessary, but they’re overwhelmed by the idea of 40+ years of something that isn’t the dream job. Oh yeah, and they’re obsessed with rock climbing."  

### [Your Financial Plan is a Compass, Not a Map](https://yourbrainonstocks.com/your-financial-plan-is-a-compass-not-a-map/)

"But there’s a bigger concept here: we don’t create a financial plan to tell us to the decimal place what to do with our money. We create a financial plan to give our money a purpose."