I want to thank all my readers for a great 2012 so far. Readership is growing and I reached a major milestone on Valentine’s Day: this site dropped below 200,000 on the Alexa ranking system. If you are not sure what that means, Alexa is a company that tracks the popularity of around 30 million websites around the world. Breaking the top 300,000 means you are in the top 1% of sites.
I am really humbled that of all the places to go online, you choose to come here – THANK YOU!
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Married (with Debt) was included in carnivals by the following fine sites; thanks so much for hosting!
- Yakezie Carnival at 101 Centavos
- Carnival of Financial Camaraderie at My University Money
- Best of Money at No Debt MBA
- Totally Money at Family Money Values
- Carnival of Wealth at Control Your Cash
- Carnival of Retirement at My Retirement Blog
This week’s Best Of post is dedicated to some of the new personal finance and lifestyle sites that have popped onto my radar recently.
- Karl at Cult of Money has an excellent analysis of the societal harm that public financing of sports stadiums can cause.
- The Daily Thinker has a great post about making sacrifices to get out of debt. This is important not only for personal finance, but for being an adult, period.
- Jeremy at Modest Money has a review of the financial movie Margin Call starring Kevin Spacey. It looks interesting, and I’d definitely like to see a movie about the risky Wall Street behaviors that helped get us where we are today.
- Baxter at Change a Thing has a well written story about almost dying in a motorcycle crash, and how these events become turning points for change.
- Thad over at ThadThoughts has a personal story about taking responsibility, and how doing so can help us move forward more easily.
- Daisy at Add Vodka has a post about what’s on a lot of minds of people who write online – whether to do so anonymously.
- Christopher at This, That and the MBA has a post about serving on the board of directors of a nonprofit, and how doing this can be a way to serve if you can’t afford to donate.
Previous “Best Of” Roundups:
Thanks for the mention John. It was quite a good movie for anyone who’s interested in Wall Street or finances in general.
Jeremy @ Modest Money recently posted..Financial Movie Review: Margin Call
No prob Jeremy. Thanks for being a part of the community.
John recently posted..Food Insurance: 2 Weeks of Emergency Food
Thanks for the mention John. Much appreciated.
TheDailyThinker recently posted..Saving Money by Identifying Wants and Needs
Sure thing! I value your input here and your eagerness to be a part of the community.
John recently posted..Food Insurance: 2 Weeks of Emergency Food
Thanks john for the mention. I read these other ones you mentioned as well. I think they came into Yakezie a little before when I did, they are big brother to look up to!
Christopher recently posted..Week Dos Recap – I am fluent in Spanish, not really…
No problem. Yep, there are a lot of good sites coming up in the last month or so. Thanks for stopping by.
Congrats John, keep working hard on the blog!
Kevin @ SpringCoin recently posted..Best Financial Articles from the Web 2/16/2012
Thanks Kevin!
John recently posted..Food Insurance: 2 Weeks of Emergency Food
Thanks a bunch for including me, it’s always an honor to be listed among such great blogs that I read all the time. This blogging thing sure is something.
Not quite sure what yet, but it is fun.
CultOfMoney recently posted..Academic Investing Advice – What do PhDs know that you don’t?
No problem, Cult. Just keep up the hard work and you will see the payoff!
John recently posted..Food Insurance: 2 Weeks of Emergency Food
Congratulations,
I love hearing success stories like this. You are my official finance go to guy when i have questions. I like the round up of sites you put together here too. I’ve added a couple to my RSS reader.
Cheers
Annie Andre recently posted..Adventures In France #2: One Day In Marseille + Why We Moved To France
Thanks Annie, always great to see you. Glad you found some good reading
John recently posted..Food Insurance: 2 Weeks of Emergency Food
Great collection of articles here
Savvy Scot recently posted..A Life Changing Moment
This a really good list. I will make sure to read up on all of these. I plan to host my first carnival this coming week and I will definitely be back to this site.
BE @ BusyExecutiveMoneyBlog recently posted..My valuable credit card lesson
Thanks so much; it means a lot to hear that you will be returning!
John recently posted..Food Insurance: 2 Weeks of Emergency Food
That was nice of Alexa to remember Valentine’s Day!
Seriously, congrats on the < 200k. And remember, it's 90 days of Alexa love, so you'll probably continue dropping for a while…
PK recently posted..The DQYDJ Weekender (Week of 2/13/12)
Thanks PK, I really appreciate it. Hopefully I can hang on!
Congratulations on breaking the 200k barrier. I have the same goal (Yakezie, here I come) but have a LOT of learning to do in the mean time.
Jason recently posted..How to Create a Better Budget – Part 1
Great to hear, Jason. Have you joined the Challenge yet? Headed over to check out your site.
John – I just joined Yakezie Challenge earlier tonight! Your story was one of them that nudged me to do so.
Jason recently posted..I am Joining the Yakezie Challenge
That’s awesome to hear – you won’t regret it. Headed over now to read your post.
John recently posted..Spend Less than You Earn
Congratulations on breaking the 200k barrier! That’s awesome! Can tell your hard work and dedication is paying off. You are one of the most active commenters I see on most of the sites that I visit, as well as in Yakezie forums. Nice work.
Matt @ RamblingFever Money recently posted..Thinking About Money While Sitting on the Toilet
Thanks man, I’m just trying to keep up with you!
Congrats on your Alexa rank. Your are doing great by submitting to all these carnivals. Keep it up.
SB @ One Cent At A Time recently posted..Chase Freedom Credit Card Review
Thanks, SB – I couldn’t have done it without your help!
These kind of posts are very helpful to those can’t handle their finances generally. People nowadays should know how to be thrifty! Kudos guys!
zoie027 recently posted..protection insurance
Thanks for reading, Zoie!
John recently posted..Spend Less than You Earn
Wow John, that’s amazing. Congratulations!
Thanks!