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9:58 am
January 17, 2012
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Aaron Hung
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Motivated to blog I mean, I know a lot of us including myself gets burn out sometimes and just want to throw in the towels. However, I think it would be a total waste just to give up you know? all those times invested and money. So what do you guys do to stay motivated? Do you have to be in a certain state of mind? Go on a mini vacation? I know money is the number one thing that keeps you motivated, don't lie…but even that sometimes just doesn't do it when you feel so burned out right?
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10:22 am
January 17, 2012
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JT_McGee
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Realizing my aversion to the alternative: homework.
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11:29 am
January 17, 2012
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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Number one is helping readers. Getting one meaningful reply from a reader about how I helped them do something is incredibly rewarding.
After that, I can't say the extra income is a de-motivator 
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12:22 pm
January 17, 2012
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Aloysa
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From my past experience I learned that when I feel tired or burned out, I take a mini break. I don't put pressure on myself to come back in a day or two. I always say I will take as long as I need to recharge: a complete (no blogging, checking stats, emails, comments) break. Works like a charm!
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1:19 pm
January 17, 2012
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Eric J. Nisall
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MONEY
Just kidding. As long as I have something to complain about, something I think others may want to learn more about, or something that I see people doing that I want to prevent other from doing, I think that's all the motivation I need.
Other than that, I can continue to use this line on women: "What, you never heard of me? I write a blog that's in the top 70k on Alexa and have been mentioned on the Consumerist and Yahoo. I'm practically famous!" 
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1:22 pm
January 17, 2012
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Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog
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having readers -
it was easy to not write a post when I knew (Or thought I did) that no one was reading – it's great interacting with readers and trying to give them ideas about what I do and why. it also leads to me learning new things, which is awesome.
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1:34 pm
January 17, 2012
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My family. Plus they give me a lot of reason to blog whether they like it or not. :)
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1:38 pm
January 17, 2012
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retireby40
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I think using MONEY as the main motivator is bad because you will have some dry months. I only made about $100 in Jan. so far and if I use that as a motivation, it's not going to work.
I'm agree with Jeff about readers. It's great to have readers interaction and it really keeps me going. I do learn new things quite often too.
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2:58 pm
January 17, 2012
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20s Finances
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For me – while money is nice and all – it's the challenge of making something successful. I also like the different aspects of blogging. I like looking at stats, trying to strategically plan out posts, make convincing arguments about finances, be recognized by major media, etc.
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5:38 pm
January 17, 2012
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Smart Wealth
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I know I'm pretty new to this so maybe I am not at a point of getting burned out but I'm doing this more for fun and a hobby than for money. It is relaxing to me to do something outside of my normal expertise and just talk about life.
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6:08 pm
January 17, 2012
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Invest It Wisely
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My main motivator is not money because let's face it, blogging doesn't pay that well for the hours put in (though on the other hand it can open a lot of doors and THAT can lead to a lot of money).
What really keeps me going is the community and all of the doors that it opens. I feel like I am actually making my own little dent in the world, even if it is very small; I feel a direct connection with all of you to a certain extent via blogging.
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6:47 pm
January 17, 2012
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Funancials
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Eric J. Nisall said:
MONEY
Just kidding. As long as I have something to complain about, something I think others may want to learn more about, or something that I see people doing that I want to prevent other from doing, I think that's all the motivation I need.
Other than that, I can continue to use this line on women: "What, you never heard of me? I write a blog that's in the top 70k on Alexa and have been mentioned on the Consumerist and Yahoo. I'm practically famous!"
This is incredible, Eric.
When I write, I have 2 goals in mind. 1- Educate my readers. 2- Make people smile.
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7:47 pm
January 17, 2012
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Super Frugalette
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In no particular order:
1) Helping people. Today in the Lands End department of Sears I was writing down information for a sales associate about Ebates and purchasing discounted gift cards.
2) Learning. I learn a lot from other bloggers and I feel very motivated by other bloggers.
3) Yakezie community.
4) Being able to give back. I love to be able to generate money and then give some of it away on giveaways.
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1:43 am
January 18, 2012
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maria@moneyprinciple
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Little things always happen to keep me going. But underneath it all, is that I like learning, enabling learning and entertaining.
Sometimes it is very tempting to give up – and then my family kicks in. Literally! I have a son who writes, another one who is a poet, a third son who is just proud of his mum (he is still young but he may turn out to be another writer) and a husband who will never let me give up. Well, not without a good fight anyway!
Maria
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5:59 am
January 18, 2012
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Eric J. Nisall
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Funancials said:
Eric J. Nisall said:
MONEY
Just kidding. As long as I have something to complain about, something I think others may want to learn more about, or something that I see people doing that I want to prevent other from doing, I think that's all the motivation I need.
Other than that, I can continue to use this line on women: "What, you never heard of me? I write a blog that's in the top 70k on Alexa and have been mentioned on the Consumerist and Yahoo. I'm practically famous!"
This is incredible, Eric.
When I write, I have 2 goals in mind. 1- Educate my readers. 2- Make people smile.
I think you certainly have those 2 goals accomplished in abundance!
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7:03 am
January 18, 2012
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Haha!
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JT_McGee said:
Realizing my aversion to the alternative: homework.
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9:44 am
January 18, 2012
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Funancials
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Eric J. Nisall said:
Funancials said:
Eric J. Nisall said:
MONEY
Just kidding. As long as I have something to complain about, something I think others may want to learn more about, or something that I see people doing that I want to prevent other from doing, I think that's all the motivation I need.
Other than that, I can continue to use this line on women: "What, you never heard of me? I write a blog that's in the top 70k on Alexa and have been mentioned on the Consumerist and Yahoo. I'm practically famous!"
This is incredible, Eric.
When I write, I have 2 goals in mind. 1- Educate my readers. 2- Make people smile.
I think you certainly have those 2 goals accomplished in abundance!
Why thank you…
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9:53 am
January 18, 2012
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OneCentAtatime
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The passion of creativity motivates me most.
The distant second is the power of knowing the facts that I can make some souls think and they come back for more.
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10:11 am
January 18, 2012
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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Eric J. Nisall said:
Other than that, I can continue to use this line on women: "What, you never heard of me? I write a blog that's in the top 70k on Alexa and have been mentioned on the Consumerist and Yahoo. I'm practically famous!"
#WINNING
I have had more luck getting girls from the DJing than the blogging. Maybe I have been targeting the wrong crowd? Is #FINCON12 the Match.com for finance bloggers?
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10:44 am
January 18, 2012
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For me it is the interaction with people
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