This is a strange post to write, but I keep trying to fit this information into other places and it’s not working. Still, I want it to be known. While it is entirely possible that I will change my mind, I anticipate that this blog will end soon after I’m out of debt (early 2011).
I’m sure there are plenty of posts I could write after that point, but this blog is really about my story of getting into and out of debt. While I’m trying to make the point that money is important and making smart decisions with your money is important, I’ve always thought of this blog as more of a story than a place to get financial advice. I mean, I have plenty of advice on how to get out of debt, but it’s hardly more complicated than making up your mind to do it.
Post-debt life interests me very much. I am actually eager to be responsible with my money and make decisions about what to do with it. The only real decision I’ve made in this journey was the first one; the answer to every question since has been, “do whatever you have to do to get out of debt.” The story has been about getting my mind in the right place to keep running this marathon.
I have savings to build and a Ph.D.’s worth of student loans to tackle. But, I don’t want to live the life of a personal finance blogger, accounting publicly for every financial decision I make. I don’t feel like I need that kind of accountability. The story that interests me most will be over and if it needs an epilogue or several, I have a personal blog where I can write whatever I want.
I like the idea of an end, though I won’t force it if I still have a lot left to say. For now, I’m still running and still telling the story.
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Hi there,
I just found your blog recently and am busy reading through the archives. You’ve already written lots and lots of the things I think and am going/have gone through (I try not to let it bother me that you’re finding your way out of debt and all these same things as me but ten years earlier/younger
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The world of blogging is a funny one and once you have one blog, it’s easy to think ‘well, I want to write about something specific, maybe I’ll set up a separate blog for that’. And then there’s the issue of what blog is anonymous, what blog do your friends and family know about and the interactions between ‘real’ life and virtual. You may find you end up changing your mind on this issue a few more times before you finally reach the point where you are out of debt and actually know what it is you want to do. And of course the important thing is just to do whatever feels right to you at that time. But whatever way you decide to go, what you have already posted here would remain a great resource for others in the future. So I hope you even if you don’t continue this particular blog, you won’t delete the old posts.
Right. Now back to the archives.
I know this may sound odd, but did you ever think about passing the torch to someone else and allowing this to become their story next? That certainly seems a strange thing to do, yet I’m sure many people have similar stories, similar struggles, and just don’t have a platform for becoming, hm, honest (?) about their path toward debt-free living.
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