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So this is my first foray into blogging out in the great wide open. For the last few years, I’ve been over at xanga blogging inconsistently about various topics but now I’ve decided to narrow the focus to Personal Finance and Weight Loss. That doesn’t mean that there will be occasional sprinklings of unrelated topics.

So why blog? I was inspired by Clever Dude and through a link at Clever, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, to take some action. Years before this point, I had read books like The Richest Man in Babylon, Your Money or Your Life, the Millionaire Mind and loved them. The first PF Blog I read was Iwillteachyoutoberich and then followed by the Simple Dollar. It’s hard to keep up with how many I read now. You can check them out on my blogroll.  Essentially though, I’m blogging to learn something about myself.

Since my “initiation” I’ve been introduced to David Ramsey, Suze Orman, John Bogle and David Bach.  My family has become more frugal and we have set some aggressive financial goals.  In the last year, I’ve come to realize that I will continue to make mistakes in this journey and that I shouldn’t get discouraged at any setbacks.  I used to get so frustrated with myself about not having the ruthlessness, cunning and desire to automatically change.  Now I know that true change is not easy.  It is gradual and filled with setbacks.  Which brings me to my next thought:

I’m still figuring out the whole html thing so I’ll ask for your forgiveness in advance for any future egregious errors. I am happy to have actually gotten this far.