Money and Me
How to make your finances work harder for you and your family
Published on 26. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-80409-375-7 (ISBN)
Description
'A compelling roadmap to a financial and personal life well lived' -William J. Bernstein, bestselling author, The Four Pillars of Investing
'An honest guide to both financial success and how to live a meaningful life' -Nick Maggiulli, bestselling author, Just Keep Buying and The Wealth Ladder
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It's called personal finance for a reason.
How can we use our income and wealth to make ourselves happier? What drives our financial decisions? How should we think about retirement and the financial markets?
The answers to these questions vary for each of us.
Join renowned financial writer Jonathan Clements on a fascinating journey to explore the connection between money and the rest of our lives. In this thoughtful guide to personal finance, he covers a wealth of topics including effective savings and investing strategies, good financial habits, as well as insightful life lessons and sage advice for nurturing meaningful relationships and personal happiness.
Full of wisdom, humour and sentiment, Money and Me combines the articles Jonathan wrote for HumbleDollar with deeply personal anecdotes from his own life. He shares his reflections upon receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis and the subsequent financial decisions it prompted.
No matter your age or situation, you will be able to apply his wisdom to your own financial practices, and strive ever closer to the goal of financial freedom for yourself and your family.
'An honest guide to both financial success and how to live a meaningful life' -Nick Maggiulli, bestselling author, Just Keep Buying and The Wealth Ladder
************
It's called personal finance for a reason.
How can we use our income and wealth to make ourselves happier? What drives our financial decisions? How should we think about retirement and the financial markets?
The answers to these questions vary for each of us.
Join renowned financial writer Jonathan Clements on a fascinating journey to explore the connection between money and the rest of our lives. In this thoughtful guide to personal finance, he covers a wealth of topics including effective savings and investing strategies, good financial habits, as well as insightful life lessons and sage advice for nurturing meaningful relationships and personal happiness.
Full of wisdom, humour and sentiment, Money and Me combines the articles Jonathan wrote for HumbleDollar with deeply personal anecdotes from his own life. He shares his reflections upon receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis and the subsequent financial decisions it prompted.
No matter your age or situation, you will be able to apply his wisdom to your own financial practices, and strive ever closer to the goal of financial freedom for yourself and your family.
Reviews / Votes
Jonathan's biggest gift was teaching all of us - gently - to make better decisions about life. to cherish our loved ones, to savor every day, to make a difference. His last book is also his most beautiful one. -- Christine Benz, Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning, Morningstar In Money and Me, longtime Wall Street Journal columnist Jonathan Clements pieces together his most important lessons on wealth. Compiled following his terminal cancer diagnosis, this book is an honest guide to both financial success and how to live a meaningful life. -- Nick Maggiulli, bestselling author, <i>Just Keep Buying</i> and <i>The Wealth Ladder</i> Faced with a fatal diagnosis, in his final months Jonathan Clements seamlessly connected financial health with personal fulfillment and produced this compelling roadmap to a financial and personal life well lived. -- William J. Bernstein, bestselling author, <i>The Four Pillars of Investing</i> To devoted readers like me, who hung on every word and did what we were told, Jonathan was a patron saint of fiscal prudence. -- Ron Lieber, Your Money columnist, <i>NYT</i>, and author, <i>The Price You Pay For College</i> -----------------Praise for My Money Journey
A real-life look at how messy, complex - but ultimately rewarding - a personal relationship with money can be. -- Morgan Housel, bestelling author, <i>The Psychology of Money</i> I read everything Jonathan Clements writes - he is always thoughtful, insightful and full of wisdom. -- Barry Ritholtz, Founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management and host of <i>The Bloomberg Podcast</i> My Money Journey is a must-read for people - of any age or experience - who want to be better at managing their financial lives. It is chock full of real-world stories of financial and investing success, and challenge, from people 'just like us'. -- Jack Brennan, author, <i>More Straight Talk on Investing</i> and the former CEO and Chairman of Vanguard Group
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Petersfield
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
226 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80409-375-7 (9781804093757)
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Additional editions
E-Book
05/2026
Harriman House Publishing
€19.49
Available for download
Person
Jonathan Clements was the founder and editor of personal-finance website HumbleDollar.com. Born in England and educated at Cambridge University, he spent almost 20 years at The Wall Street Journal in New York, where he was the newspaper's personal finance columnist, and six years at Citigroup, where he was director of financial education for the bank's U.S. wealth management arm. Jonathan wrote, edited and contributed to numerous personal-finance books, including the award-winning How to Think About Money and Money and Me.