Comments on: Keep Personal Finances Personal

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:12:00 +0000

Hi, I agree with you. I am only a new blogger and it was the ‘personal’ stories that inspired me. It’s annoying to keep finding suppossed personal blogs that are just articles and sales pitches as I want to link to people, not information.

By: Personal Carnival #5 » The Weight of Money

Personal Carnival #5 » The Weight of Money — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:31:20 +0000

[...] On a final note, I noticed that Flexo is jumping on the keeping personal finances personal bandwagon, in his recent post. I’m glad to see more people pushing this platform and thank the many readers and comments who’ve been spreading the word. [...]

By: » Weekly Roundup on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

» Weekly Roundup on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:03:46 +0000

[...] Lastly, a lot of bloggers have recently spent a lot more time on the finance part of personal finance and less on the personal side (myself included), so I think that this post by Donna on putting the personal back in personal finance is quite timely and accurate. Read more in Personal Finance, MBN | 1 Related Posts Quick Weekly Roundup2006 Year End Financial Planning RoundupMBN Weekly RoundupRoundup Roundup Roundup!Weekly Roundup Blueprint Comment Policy [...]

By: DebtBeGone

DebtBeGone — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:45:52 +0000

I am beginning to feel the same way. As my list of personal finance RSS feeds grows to almost 100, I’m beginning to realize I need to be more selective, and am finding its the personal pfblogs I enjoy more…

By: My Thoughts On Keeping Personal Finances Personal. | My Two Dollars

My Thoughts On Keeping Personal Finances Personal. | My Two Dollars — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:48:47 +0000

[...] My Thoughts On Keeping Personal Finances Personal. By david After reading the post over at The Weight of Money titled “Keep Personal Finances Personal” I started thinking about what Donna said. Then I went and read through not only my last 20 posts or so, but also went through the latest posts on PFBlogs.org and PFBlogs.com to see what they looked like. [...]

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:34:30 +0000

I totally agree. I want to know how people are actually applying things in their own lives. I want to know if they’ve been successful doing whatever they’re promoting. Or, if something failed, then why.

I actually joined No Credit Needed Network (see NCN’s post above), which exposes my total non-home debt amount. I’m not worried about mentioning my debt, but I do have to keep in mind that people can use anything personal about me as leverage in blackmail or whatever.

However, my desire to help others through my own experiences outweighs this worry, for now.

By: NCN

NCN — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:01:30 +0000

Hey, good post! I LOVE the more “personal side” of personal finance. I’m convinced that most people are more affected by the emotional and psychological aspects of finances than they are by the math and numbers. I try to “mix it up” and have some personal, some practical, and some plain out weird posts.
NCN

By: jim

jim — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:09:33 +0000

Yeah, I think some blogs have oscillated back and forth on the personal spectrum (myself included) because coming up with some nice useful content on a daily basis is very challenging. One only has so much personal stuff going on every day! But you are right, I hope some bloggers let their personal through (I hope I do that) and focus less on some of the other stuff that you can find anywhere and everywhere else. Good post.

By: 3 Things About Money

3 Things About Money — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:07:06 +0000

I love the approach of keeping it personal. My experience has been there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to personal finance and I benefit the most from people that talk about their struggles and victories. Thanks for posting about this.

By: Donna Jean

Donna Jean — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:32:20 +0000

thanks for leaving a comment. luckily there are lots of great writers out there doing just this! The topic came up for me, today, as I imported all my bookmarks. I realized that I’ve been taking up time reading some sites that don’t draw me in on a personal level (thanks to “open in tabs”). These were great 6-8 months ago when I started this adventure, but now, I’m getting a bit more selective, I guess. Plus it relates to the work/home/internet/life balance and I’m starting to get just as frugal with my time as I am with my money.