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By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:22:57 +0000

I think you can get a lot out of reading personal finance blogs. Sure, you get a lot of their opinions and personal twist, but its a great way to encourage you in your finances as well as see how other folks like you are doing. Plus, I like to hear things in easy to understand language, not just the uppity-up language of the big sites.

By: JR

JR — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:19:11 +0000

Great post! I found this on Tipd.com and I was glad I did. I totally agree with you about there’s plenty of big financial websites but they tend to be a bit impersonal.

Personally, I feel like we all would be so much better off if our education systems made it more mandatory to take more personal finances classes while in school. There’s just not that much emphasis on it.

It’s really nice to see more people sharing their passion and knowledge with personal finance. We run a webiste called 8 Pillars that focuses on the “Old School Financial Values”. We hope to share our knowledge on personal finance and help everyone we come across.

Great post, keep up the great work!

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:18:13 +0000

I agree – the “journey” somehow makes it real for us. It’s cool to read about someone’s background and how they’re facing the day to day challenges of financial management. As opposed to reading about the latest “top 7 ways to cut costs” on a website.

Not that I don’t like “top 7 ways to cut costs.” I do. I write them too.

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:16:20 +0000

That’s what makes it fun for me. I’ve learned more about personal finance in the last 6 months than I ever knew existed. Blogging is a fantastic experience.

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:14:40 +0000

Like I said, I love big financial websites – I read them almost every day. But it’s hard to find advice that’s easy to execute because it’s so impersonal. Like you, I can relate to other bloggers on a much more human level.

By: tperko

tperko — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:13:50 +0000

Reading a personal finance blog seems to be a much more open platform. People like to have the ability to relate to someone else going thru the same experience. Even better, someone that made it into the financial ‘clear’ and lived to *gasp* have an internet connection that allows them to maintain a blog. I find a lot of comfort in reading the personal experiences and sacrifices that were made in order to straighten out their debt.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:29:50 +0000

The power lies in all of us helping each other to improve ourselves – sharing our experiences, giving advice, telling others what has worked – and what hasn’t – for us. Interesting post!

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:26:28 +0000

As you mention above… I think the power lies in the “regular Joe” writing about his personal experience. Most people themselves are “regular Joe’s” so they can relate to blogs much easier and more fully than to large & often disconnected mass media outlets. Good stuff man.