Comments on: Where to Put an Unexpected $5,000, Part 2 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/05/22/where-to-put-an-unexpected-5000-part-2/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: sfordinarygirl http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/05/22/where-to-put-an-unexpected-5000-part-2/#comment-102263 sfordinarygirl Wed, 23 May 2007 05:45:54 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/05/22/where-to-put-an-unexpected-5000-part-2/#comment-102263 I've paid to attend conferences on my own in the past. And it's usually hit or miss. Half the time they were worth it but I find you can spend all the money on conferences and still not learn anything if you don't apply it. That's the important part is following through after the conference. South by Southwest is well worth the price! I didn't pay to go this year (found some freelance work so I got in for free) but I had to work one of the days. But the tech, film and music festival combined make it a worthwhile experience. You can learn a lot from teh tech portion. And the film portion is incredible ... there was a movie on the history of the Helvetica font. If I had an unexpected $5,000, I'd put it towards more classes that would help me further myself - economics classes, business, psychology (trying to get a grip on the binge-eating) and art classes. I’ve paid to attend conferences on my own in the past. And it’s usually hit or miss. Half the time they were worth it but I find you can spend all the money on conferences and still not learn anything if you don’t apply it. That’s the important part is following through after the conference.

South by Southwest is well worth the price! I didn’t pay to go this year (found some freelance work so I got in for free) but I had to work one of the days. But the tech, film and music festival combined make it a worthwhile experience. You can learn a lot from teh tech portion. And the film portion is incredible … there was a movie on the history of the Helvetica font.

If I had an unexpected $5,000, I’d put it towards more classes that would help me further myself – economics classes, business, psychology (trying to get a grip on the binge-eating) and art classes.

]]> By: John Wilks http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/05/22/where-to-put-an-unexpected-5000-part-2/#comment-102063 John Wilks Tue, 22 May 2007 22:04:18 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/05/22/where-to-put-an-unexpected-5000-part-2/#comment-102063 Having a mentor would be great, but I feel that mentors should be free. For me, teaching is a reward in itself. -Wilks Having a mentor would be great, but I feel that mentors should be free. For me, teaching is a reward in itself.

-Wilks

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