Hi everyone, my name is Todd Wassel and I have a confession, I’m not a personal finance blogger. I’m actually what most people would like to call irresponsible. In 1999 I packed up a few bags and left home, left the US and started my continuing journey around the world. My family thought it was […]
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If you’ve been around the internet for a while, it seems like the “lifestyle” bloggers have really taken the whole place by storm. They are on their own websites, preaching the benefits of minimalism, selling you e-books about it, and trying to convince you that you can live anywhere in the world, if you have […]
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Even though I enjoy writing, and do so in the first person as is typical when blogging, I certainly fit the mold of the stereotypical introverted Internet nerd in that I am much more comfortable talking/writing about any subject other than – me! While many of my hundreds of different websites revolve around dry financial […]
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Is it time for you to take some risks? As many of you know, in addition to rambling about how to buy a car, I’m a bit of a poker junkie. I find it both intellectually stimulating and a mildly profitable hobby. It’s also a great source of personal finance analogies! Professional poker players and […]
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If you follow Consumerism Commentary, and I hope you do, you might have seen that I recently left the company I’ve worked for during the day for the past eight years. Since 2003 but particularly in the past few years, Consumerism Commentary has been a side project — even though I often contributed more than […]
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Welcome to the Yakezie Lifestyle vertical. We plan to showcase posts by people who are leading “unconventional” lives. Money is only a means to an end, which is more often than not a desire for a better lifestyle. Our aim is to bring the two genres of personal finance and lifestyle design together, thereby creating […]
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Derek: It’s fascinating how some bloggers continue to just mindlessly pump out affiliate content. It’s clear they are...Untemplater: Lots of valid points! So true that bloggers are a minority of overall readership, so blogging to much...
Bingo: You are spot on. Most of our bloggers are white people living on the coasts, where half the population of...
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