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You will always have doubters you just have to persevere and show them they were wrong. Good luck with the challenge let me know if I can help.

I once had people smirk at me when I told them I blogged about personal finance on the side… but ive helped some people along the way, and I also bring in a pretty nice side income while doing so… those same smirkers have now inquired about how they can start their own blog lol.  Unfortunately, nobody ever sticks with it long enough!

Cheers guys,

It just goes to prove that people who don't understand with doubt. It's good advice to do what makes you happy and I'm definitely following that advice. Life is too short to not spend it doing something you enjoy!

Thanks all :-)

Haha! If only.  Many hands make light work as they say Aaron

Frugal Portland,

Your new website is really cool, good luck with it, I'll be sure to keep checking in! What you wrote about on your website is 100% accurate to what happened to me. You tell one person and they can taint something innocent and damage it to a point where you question why and from whom you're doing it.

Lesson learned :-)

An excellent point Andi. It's been a great experience being part of the Yakezie forum… I'm loving it. Plus, i'm getting to read so many interesting blog posts!

Sharing information which is sensitive is always difficult to do and some people don't understand why I want to do it. I'm sure they will one day.

Hi Jaicatalno

I generally agree, advice can help you stop making foolish mistakes. It's an interesting point you raise about parenting. As they say, there isn't a handbook on how to be a good parent – everybody does it differently. It's the same in life. What one person will do in a situation may not be the same as another.

I'm an optimist, work hard and believe life will work out and in the end it'll generally be OK. Pessimism doesn't sit well with me. Life's too short to be negative!

John, I know what you mean when you say it is mostly for you. I started my blog to really analyze my own terrible money management. One of my friends said I am always talking about my mistakes on my blog. Well yeah! My blog is not my resume or a career-builder. I am analyzing the best ways to understand money and use it as a tool and not stay broke forever. I also get to hone my writing skills and learn how to do something consistently (I've been blogging for almost 15 months now!) and that is a big deal for me. So don't worry about doubters because there are plenty of people who will tell you not to do something. But if you are doing it for yourself and to put some information out there that you think is valuable, and then you will be happy, go for it!

AmericanDebtProject said:

John, I know what you mean when you say it is mostly for you. I started my blog to really analyze my own terrible money management. One of my friends said I am always talking about my mistakes on my blog. Well yeah! My blog is not my resume or a career-builder. I am analyzing the best ways to understand money and use it as a tool and not stay broke forever. I also get to hone my writing skills and learn how to do something consistently (I've been blogging for almost 15 months now!) and that is a big deal for me. So don't worry about doubters because there are plenty of people who will tell you not to do something. But if you are doing it for yourself and to put some information out there that you think is valuable, and then you will be happy, go for it!

Cheers AmericanDebtProject! I really appreciate your comments and I can see after 15months it's making a real difference for you! Looking forward to getting to 15 months and seeing what i've built!

Hello John!

The vast majority of people who question your motives do so because your decision makes them uncomfortable. It's not about you, really. It's about their comfort zone – you've disrupted their homeostasis. When someone they know makes a big change in their professional or personal life- it often causes them to feel anxiety and stress.

If your actions challenge their decisions, opinions or beliefs about what is right, fair, appropriate, etc. – they can't help but respond the way they do. They do it to make you question yourself and, hopefully, go back to what they consider "normal" behavior.

But when you know why they're acting the way they are toward you, it doesn't have such an impact. You can just shrug it off and keep moving forward.

Have FUN!