Finance Your Life's First Birthday

One year ago, I pushed "Publish Post" for the first time. My blog turns one year old today. What started out for me as an outlet to get thoughts out of my head during a rough time has evolved into a way for me to admit my faults, search for solutions, and express myself with reckless abandon.

There were a bunch of dry spells, where I thought the site would just cease to exist due to my lack of attention. But the following week, I would ramp it up and give it more time than I would give my fiancee! There was also the period where I got so caught up blogging stats and ad revenues that I just decided to leave that stuff alone and blog for the reason that I started: To communicate with the rest of the world.

I am far from a personal finance expert (as one anonymous commentor pointed out), but what has driven me throughout it all is sharing my stories and mistakes with the hopes that at least one person can somehow benefit or learn from my miscues. Sharing those type of stories are what makes me write what I do and when I do it (normally during the first hour I get into work).

So as Finance Your Life hits its first birthday, I would like to celebrate by sharing some of my better posts from the last year. Thanks to all the readers, commentors, and 34 subscribers that have stuck with me through thick and thin! (I am scared of commitment too, just don't tell the fiancee). A special thanks goes out to the other bloggers out there that I read everyday.

Finance Your Life's Top Post from Year 1

• How To Pay Down $83,306.89 in Student Loans
• New Year's Resolution: Walk the Financial Walk
• Secondary Income: The Shoebox Money Chronicles
• Dominating My CC Debt
• What If I Win The Lottery Tonight?
• How Do You Live Below Your Means?
• Gas Prices Down, Are You Driving More?
• Cutting Guests For Your Wedding List