The Mindful Money Guide: Creating Harmony Between Your Values and Your Finances

In this latest addition to the kinder, gentler personal finance shelf, Glickman, a former stockbroker who is publisher of the environmental journal Green Living, offers a holistic mix of money and lifestyle advice. For Glickman, money is a means to enjoying ones life, not an end in itself. The heart of Glickmans message: be mindful of the environment and the world at large whenever youre making financial decisions. Instead of buying everything at a large superstore, patronize a small independent. Dont buy all your tools; share them with a neighbor. Since daily life can be daunting enough, investing, spending and tax issues as should be kept as straightforward as possible. Glickman also faults some of the simplicity gurus who fail to critique the culture of disposable, nonearth-friendly products and practices that drive our economy. The specific personal finance advice isnt original, and, despite chapters on Giving it Away, Glickman includes some of the same tightwad advice that he criticizes in others. Nevertheless, he does offer some insightful recommendations for socially responsible investments and charitable donations, and he includes effective exercises on how to find work that is truly rewarding.(May)