If you're new here, you may want to learn what this site is about. I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Ah, April. It was a fine month. Get Rich Slowly was named most inspirational personal finance blog by Money magazine, I conducted a couple of interviews, and I made my first public presentation about money. I also focused my writing on financial literacy topics. Here are some of the posts I especially liked this month:
- April 1st: How to turn $500 into $7 the hard way
- April 2nd: The extraordinary power of compound interest
- April 8th: What if you didn’t start early? Advice for late bloomers
- April 13th: The bountiful container: Gardening in small spaces
- April 14th: Learning to love the emergency fund
- April 21st: Some thoughts on goals and adult education
- April 22nd: Money and values: The ecology of commerce
- April 24th: How to stop junk mail in its tracks
- April 28th: If I can do it, anyone can
Best of the Forums
The Get Rich Slowly discussion forums were active again this month, spawning a number of great threads:
- Buying a car: Is last year’s model too new?
- Buying new furniture — how should I pay?
- What is your savings rate?
- Feminist personal finance/economics recommendations?
The forums are a great place to chat with your fellow readers. Have questions about emergency funds? Ask! Want to chat about cheap vacations? This is the place to do it. (Since opening a year ago, the forums have 1550 registered users and nearly 18,500 posts.)
Subscribe!
You may subscribe to Get Rich Slowly via any of the following methods:
This weblog is a success because of you and your support. As always, I welcome reader contributions, either as ideas for stories, or as guest entries. If you have any comments or requests to improve this site, please feel free to pass them on.

.jpg)

May 2nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Wow, thanks for pulling out the link to the feminist PF blog recs from your forum. Although I read your blog every day, I don’t read the forums, and I’ve also been interested in finding a feminist-oriented PF blog.
Definitely adding Feminist Finance to my bloglines. (As an addition, not replacement, don’t worry!)
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
What about the in-laws = fraud posting from the forums, that was also made into a blog post here? I am still hoping we get an update on SouthernGent and his situation.
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 am
Hey J.D. I thought you ought to know today is free comic book day!
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/282715104/today-is-free-comic-book-day
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Wow, awesome on being selected by Money magazine! You are doing phenomenally well since going full time–congrats!