Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web.

Reframe your spending: What is your money really for? (Meaningful Money Life). “When spending feels confusing or uncomfortable, it’s often not because you’re reckless. It’s because you’re unclear about the role you want your money to play.”

The latest 529 plan rule changes: What’s new for 2026? (Saving For College). New opportunities to use money for K-12 expenses and more.

The soaring price of youth sports: $50 to try out, $3,000 to play (Washington Post via MSN). Do you have kids in youth sports? How are you managing it?

How to do great work (Paul Graham). Long piece, but lots of good nuggets here, including how to stand out: “Don’t try to work in a distinctive style. Just try to do the best job you can; style is doing things in a distinctive way without trying to. Trying to is affectation.”

37 pieces of career advice I wish I’d known earlier (Ryan Holiday). And if you need even more career advice, here you go. Make sure you read Seinfeld’s advice.

33 items we all think we need more of (but don’t) (Becoming Minimalist). We all have lots of duplicates of lots of things.

Breaking financial anxiety: what the Bible says about peace when money feels tight (Relevant). It’s natural to think peace will come after results, but what if you can have peace while pursuing results?

Warning: The hidden danger of cheap flights (Clark Howard). How to avoid going from an innocent deal-seeker to a “receiver of stolen property.”

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