We hope everyone has a fun and safe Valentine’s day today.  Don’t blow too much cash!  It’s important to just be with the ones you love.  However, if you aren’t into all the mushy stuff, then just sit back, and read some of the blogs we liked this week.

Christian Personal Finance gives us 10 tips for surviving a layoff.  We think #7 is important.  Don’t burn any bridges.  With many jobs, the prospective employer will call previous employment and find out what kind of employee you were.  Will they have something positive to say?  We hope so!  That’s one reason you want to leave on good terms with the company.  And the same goes for co-workers as well.  Like CPF said, you never know when you may run into them again, and possibly have to work with them!

Prime Time Money has never been featured in our blog round-ups before, but we like what we are reading.  This week, they gave 5 rules for spring training (for your finances).  We’d agree that it’s important to practice the fundamentals over and over.  This will in fact help you to reach success.

We like this saying a lot : Better Save Than Sorry.  Thanks for sharing it Milk Your Money!  In that post, we are reminded that it’s not enough to know we should have an emergency fund, we also need to go ahead and create one!  “You never know what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, or next month.  There are many things out of our control, but our spending habits are our own.”

Almost Frugal gives us some good ways to Frugalize Your Routine.  In fact, she shares her thoughts on 4 main areas that she can tweak her routine to save money and be more frugal in the process.  Maybe you could apply these in your daily routines as well.

What do you think?  Are Americans killing the economy by saving too much?  Money, Matter, and More Musings talks about a recent statement that can be found on CNN Money:

“Why savings is killing the economy – Saving more and cutting debt might sound like a good plan to deal with the recession. But if everyone does that, it’ll only make matters worse.”

What do you think about that statement?  Here’s a small part of the Money, Matter, and More Musings post that we liked:

“What would hurt the economy is “hoarding”. However, there is a subtle difference between hoarding and saving. Hoarders don’t have a reason to hoard, but savers always have a reason to save – and more often than not, the reason is to be able to spend wisely in the future on things that matter.”

Have you read anything good recently?  Please share it with us!  And don’t forget to register for The Great Geezeo Bailout! You could win $6,000 to put towards your bills!

Further Reading

• 5 Considerations When Opening Your 401(k) (0)
• Tough Economic Times Call for Being More Open-Minded (0)
• 5 Ways to Avoid Simple Financial Mistakes (2)
• Kids and Money – Can they mix? (1)
• Got the “Urge to Splurge”? How to Avoid Spending More Than You Can Afford (0)

Tags: layoffs, money, Personal finance, recession, Saving, Valentine's Day

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