My primary financial goal over the next three to five years is to leave my traditional day job. Escape the 9-to-5, as some like to say. You’ve heard this before. It’s not an uncommon goal. Particularly amongst the personal finance community. It’s the genesis of most personal finance blogs – the author is looking to […]
When Blogging Isn’t Blogging Anymore
“Content is King” as the saying goes… though it always seems like so much more when you actually get down to it. Just this morning, the goal was to complete a few articles for the upcoming weeks. After several cups of coffee and strained eyes, it seems all I have to show is an updated […]
Yakezie Carnival: Travel Edition
Interruptions to blogging come in many forms, including travel. Bloggers may even agonize over being days away from their sites, experiencing what some would consider withdrawal. Scrap paper littered with post ideas sit unfinished and unwritten. Most excited about the “Career Buckets” post, my time just wasn’t well-managed. Tomorrow we head to Iceland. Of course, […]
Happy 1st Anniversary EYF
Hard to believe this site has been in existence for over a year now. Instead of celebrating this milestone with a boisterous “HOORAY”, it’s more of a wimpy “yay”. Readership continues to grow despite any regularity or consistency in the writings. Facebook fans are almost at 100 and the Twitter following hovers 400. Comments and […]