It’s day four of reader appreciation week! Today I’m giving away a 1GB silver iPod Shuffle. To enter the drawing, leave a comment on this post with some sort of constructive feedback about Get Rich Slowly.
What’s your favorite article? What did you like about it? Or maybe tell me which articles you don’t like and would like to see less of. Are there other topics you’d like to see covered? Should I write more about frugality? Investing? Relationships? Do you want to see fewer guest posts? More of them? Do you want me to post ten times a day? Once a week? Do you want a podcast? Financial calculators? Anything else?
Don’t be afraid to point out areas in which Get Rich Slowly could improve! Positive feedback is nice, but criticism is valuable, too. And don’t forget: you have until the end of the day to enter the contest for the Nintendo Wii!
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I think there are many interesting topics in your blog. I myself am not a big fan of investing, do those post seem a little distant for me. I like to read your posts about frugal living and budgeting, but I think you could go even further with your frugal saving tips.
Many blogs just give the same, obvious answers and I’d love to get some new tips. I love your posts about your garden, though!
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Your blog has a great variety of posts and areas of interests, and I generally like to read about them all.
However, I’d like to see more posts written from an ecological point of view. Being ecological is very important and usually goes hand in hand with being economical.
Many blogs about saving and frugal living toss the nature-friendly options aside and tell the readers to shop at Asda, but gladly your blod seems to be more civilized. So more posts about saving the planet!
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I read this site everyday. I love the personal stories that you write about, because I see many things that have happened (or may happen) to me in those stories. I think that’s probably the best part about this site.
I would like to see a little more about investing. I’m just about to start a Roth IRA and the best posts you’ve had were your roth ira series from over the summer. I’d like to see more stuff like that.
Thanks.
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I find the articles that contrast living frugally with the typical American Dream Mindset (more is always better) very interesting. I especially loved your recent post regarding bigger houses. We have a 3400 square foot house and are making the same discoveries you are. When we “move up” next time, it will be to a smaller house. I always look forward to your thoughtful, thorough posts.
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At the age of 41, I think we’ve accomplished a lot in our life. We have always been really strict about our spending habits but never really thought about PYF…Paying Yourself First.
This is truly a necessity to start on our great fortune. By putting away 10% of your income first, you dream vacation would become more of a reality sooner than you think.
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I have been reading your site for almost a year, just about daily as I find much relevant information here.
Lately, the posts that have resonated most with me have been about living frugally, as many others have commented. In my own challenges towards debt reduction — I find the ideas here (from you and your commenters) very helpful, and would encourage more of the same.
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Hey JD! Long time listener, first time caller
Seriously, I was thinking this morning about a situation and I believe it might be something you could write about. Or at least be a devil’s advocate about, as you are a pretty damn good thinker.
As most people working for big Borg Like Companies, I am beginning to bear the brunt of rising health care costs and company medical coverage is going up each year.
I dreamed that, in a fit of pique, I would just cancel my insurance and hope to hell I would remain healthy.
As a non-smoking, non-drinking, vegan with no medical problems, you would think that this would not be a great danger to me.
But then there’s the small fear in the back of my head that says “What if…?”
Millions of people are without health coverage involuntarily. When, if ever, would it make sense to go without coverage voluntarily?
Something to think about. Maybe.
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I like personal anecdotes and real life examples (from you or someone else) more than links to other number crunching blogs. Amazing site though.
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Hi, I recently checked out your website and really enjoyed the content. However, some things need to be simplified, such as navigation. I found the financial information useful and interesting but again, simplify. Some “How To’s” for the less savvy would be great. Maybe a new web design would clear up some navigation confusion… But definitely do the how to’s… I’ll be checking back
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I wish you hada collection of financial calculators. I can help you code them into a web friendly JavaScript version if you like.
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My favorite articles are all centered around the theme of “learning to love what you already have” rather than always chasing something bigger or better in hopes that “stuff” will make you happy. The article about living in a smaller house is exactly what I mean.
I never want a car better than the corolla that I have and I have no desire to add onto the home we have, nor do I want to move into a bigger house.
This attitude has helped us get ahead in our finances where our neighbors seem to be going in the wrong direction – with additions to their homes and leased luxury cars.
Want to be more financially stable and happier? Learn to love what you already have. Learn to love a reliable, inexpensive car.
-J
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The good:
JD, most of your stuff is very high quality. Some of the high points I recall are the ones where you reveal mistakes and how you’ve recovered or plan to do so, like the recent blog about stock purchases.
I also think your blogs about banking were good. It never seems like you’re rehashing the same tired topics, so good job keeping things fresh.
The Bad:
I am really tired of reading about home ownership blogs. I’m a home owner, and I still find it incredibly dull and overly used topic. Jericho’s guest posts about his house are a definite skip as well as pretty much anything with mortgage in the title. The blog on 19-Oct-07 was an exception however since you did a great job of tying some fresh content (like the illustration of rising home sizes).
The ugly:
The only thing that stands out as completely sub-par that I’ve found on your site was the FMF guest post about religion. That blog was a total bucketload of crap which somebody tipped over and vomited on. I won’t say any more since it was pretty extensively thrashed by many others.
Overall, you’re doing a great job and I really like the forums feature. Please get the login problem sorted out though, thanks.
Cheers,
144mph
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262 responses huh? I’ll throw my hat in the ring too.
I’m not a huge fan of the guest posts. I realize this allows you to have more content with less work but the quality is not always as high. One of the main reasons I read this blog is I like the way you think and write. Most of your guest posters I do not feel the same way about. I love the posts with real world revelations and experiences with insight into your life. The recent post on your spending plan for example, or when you give updates on how your comic book spending is going. This gives me a connection to how you are doing (and the parallels in my life) around money. These posts to me are more meaningful than the generic financial advice posts.
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Love the blog.
Have you ever run an article about online free-to-enter sweepstakes and whether the time to fill them out is worthwhile relative to the potential rewards?
Thanks.
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Hi J.D.
Thank you for coming up with a way to encourage us readers to write you. You give us so much!
Sincerely, I prefer your voice and insights which help me rethink my own relationship to money and values. I don’t really like the guest posts as I come here for YOU!
Thanks for writing and sharing!
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I really love this website, I am always finding interesting thoughts here.
I did want to say that I’m on the lookout for information on how best to deal with variable incomes. Such as a sales position. My partner is in such a position and the money ups and downs make budgeting a challenge. I wonder if you have thoughts on that.
Also, I’m a graduate student and consequently face the need to pinch pennies regularly. I’ve seen a few things that have had to do with students, but often it just says – look forward to making more money in the future and hold on until you can get out. As a long term grad student (Phd) it’s a bit of a challenge to figure out how to sustain yourself over the long haul (5-7 years) without feeling like a crazy person.
I’ve really gotten a lot out of your website however – so thank you!
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I really appreciate this site, but the frequency is sometimes a bit too much for me. I don’t know that I would get much from a podcast, since I already podcast too much (current queue: 22 hours).
I really enjoy discussing finances, and trying to help others succeed with them, so I most appreciate the articles that deal with the logstics of financial success, and the ones that give me opportunity to share with others what I have learned on my financial journey.
The area of finances I know most about is debt reduction, so I would appreciate seeing how-to articles for other things such as planning for retirement (we all know we need to do it – but how do you do it on a limited budget?), and other investing.
I mean, I litearlly don’t have enough income to do everything I’m told I need to do. How does one give 10%, save 10-15%, pay 20% taxes, pay for a mortgage, keep the lights on, buy life insurance, buy disability insurance, save for college, pay for private school (the public schools around here are teh suck), and feed/clothe/entertain oneself? I try not to get overwhelmed, but it can be daunting trying to do all of those things. So far, I’m not sure how I’m going to do it. For now, I’m just concentrating on paying off my last 2 debts (car + college).
Of course, this site cannot be a replacement for a good for-fee financial planner, but it can be a good starting place for the time before a real FP becomes necessary.
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I’m a new subscriber, via RSS, and have quickly found this is one of my favorites. I really appreciate the common sense posts, with a real appreciation of the issues people face.
I’d like to see slightly more posts geared to those who are in life (and financial) changing circumstances such as divorce, health crisis, bankruptcy and so on.
Along with some others I also would like to see a greater variety of resources – software (freeware and purchased), tools, websites, in-person services and so on, with informed comments or even reviews. I like the suggestion for on-site financial calculators.
Regarding home ownership, it’s definitely important, but there are many variations that could be discussed such as tenants, selling, land issues and so on.
All that said, if you do nothing at all I’d still be reading this blog daily! Keep up the good work.
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Everyone does those ‘Best Of…’ and ‘Carnival of…’ posts. Perhaps you can find a more unique way to share the information you find elsewhere.
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Love the website! A friend at work told me about it and I’ll pass it along to lots of my friends.
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I found your site a week ago and have been going though some of the archives and I like what I’ve been reading. I only feedback that I can think of right now would be to change to a more reader friendly font, Times New Roman tires the eyes out faster then say Arial.
Good Luck
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I love this site and would love to see an article about how your financial status can affect your persona; relationships. I also think that you should have tools that stay at home mom’s can use to budget or those moms that would like to become stay at home moms but don’t know if they can afford it.
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I like this site a lot, particularly the writing style and level of intelligence of the articles. Things that would make it even better:
- There’s plenty of detail within the frugality stories and I find I understand very well how to shave off pennies and dollars from those articles. But the making-money stories could use more real world detail to really investigate generating more dollars!
- A clearly-written privacy policy that lays out what you’re doing with the email addresses you collect when people comment.
- Interviewing people instead of having guest authors would allow you to preserve the “voice” of the site while covering perspectives that are not your own.
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I enjoy this site a lot- it’s my favorite personal finance site!
I think the number of guest posts is just right- guest posters are sometimes a little too “My Way or the Highway” for my taste. I think you should be careful to consider how you relate to your audience, and make sure guest posters’ posts are written along those lines, too.
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Sweet!
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The site is great, but needs to be advertise more on other sites. Most people have never heard of it. I only recently heard about it.
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Well, we are personally a big fan of podcasts…maybe on some financial planning topics. It seems I understand some things much better if I am able to hear them…must be an auditory learner. Thanks for your site though!
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I enjoy this site a lot- it’s my favorite personal finance site!
I think the number of guest posts is just right- guest posters are sometimes a little too “My Way or the Highway” for my taste. I think you should be careful to consider how you relate to your audience, and make sure guest posters’ posts are written along those lines, too.
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I’ve been keeping up with GRS for only a month or two and reall enjoy most of the articles. Some are more applicable than others but they all have quality content.
I like getting the daily email.
I’m at the point where I need all the advice possible about investing. I’m starting to put more and more money in mutual funds right now and the uncertaitny of the risk I am taking makes me a bit nervous. So, any information, advice, guidance in these areas are of particular interest to me.
Thanks for the site!
Wayne
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