I am a personal finance nerd. I love reading personal finance blogs. I love reading about someone else's journey to get out of debt. I love reading about how someone else pays for different things. But I don't love when someone else's blog turns into a "how to" blog: "how to get out of debt", (like there is only one way), "how to travel hack", "how to credit card churn", etc.
I think it's okay for someone's blog to just be their story and to just stay their story. Some of my favorite blogs have become my least favorite blogs because they changed. And no, I don't think change in and of itself is bad. But I do think it's bad when it becomes preachy and they stop telling a story and start telling you how to do things.
Everyone's journey is different and to tell someone how to do something implies there is only one way.
Personal finance blogs are supposed to be just that, personal. There is not one-size fits all, so there is no "how to" anything. There can definitely be a "how we" or "how I" did/do something, but I feel like bloggers forget what being in debt was like when they started out. I never want that to happen to me.
That's why this blog is all about my journey. It's all about what I go through trying to get out of debt. It's about what I do with extra money. It's about how we budget our money. It's about us; and it will always be about us!
I love this blog and I love having a record of our journey to get out of debt. And that's what it will always be; a blog about how this brunette is getting out of debt!
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