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What people ought to know about the different kinds of personal finance blogs

Published in September 25th, 2016
Posted by in Blogging, cost of living
27 Comments

Personal finance blogs primarily fall in three major categories. First, there are the “getting out of debt” blogs. Second, there are the “just got out of college” personal finance blogs. Third, there are the “career track” personal finance blogs. Of course there are more categories such as retirement blogs or I-won-the-lottery blogs, but these are […]

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Bloggers should communicate their personal opinions

Published in September 11th, 2016
Posted by in Blogging, Work
27 Comments

I do not recall anyone having ever informed me that they disagree with me on some issue and that they therefore will unsubscribe from my blog(*). Yet, it is something I see from time to time on large blogs. (*) Perhaps my blog is too small. It seems that there is a common sentiment or […]

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The Drake equation of personal finance

Published in September 1st, 2016
Posted by in Blogging, Philosophy
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In trying to change people’s behavior when it comes to personal finance, I have come to believe that it is not so much for the lack of “great posts” or wonderful insights as much as it is a question about the right person reading the right post at the right moment in time. In exobiology […]

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