Sharing Saturday #9

This was a good week here at Daily Money Shot. Some behind the scenes things started happening. First, I began work on my new site (which I’ll unveil sometime at the end of the month) and I’m totally stoked about that. Second, I finally came up with a company name and by sometime next week, I will officially be an LLC! Third, and this is the most exciting for me, I abandoned Photoshop but picked up Illustrator (free trials? Are the best ever!). So now I can do graphics!!!

The graphics part is really exciting for me because I really want to start tapping into that. I’m even willing to do a little work for free to get my practice on, so if you’re looking for a new header or blog button or favicon or whatever, send me an email and we’ll see what I can do. If you’re brave enough to take a chance on me, I’ll do my best not to let you down.

Now, onto the sharing part. I haven’t exactly been the most spectacular commenter lately but I have been reading. It continues to amaze me how many great blogs there are out there. And new ones are cropping up every day. For the month of February, instead of sharing personal finance and nonpersonal finance blogs, I’m going to share links from established sites and links to brand new sites. Make sure you read the new sites, too, because the authors are terrific and absolutely deserve some love.

Personal finance reads (where I showcase some of my favorite personal finance posts)

On Everything Finance, Erika provides some excellent tips on How to Create a Good Craigslist Ad and Sell Your Stuff. I’ve never used Craigslist to sell anything but now that I know what to do, I might start to think about it.

The Well Heeled Blog asks for help on finding the best Expense Tracking App. The answers have been really helpful for me since I could totally use one of those.

Married and dating couples know how important it is to have date nights. MomVesting gives some ideas for Wacky Date Nights. The wackiest my husband and I get is going out for cheesecake and wine. Crazy shit, right?

Corey at 20s Finance talks about how his wife Earned $1000 and Gave It Away. I think what she did is admirable, and I think she has the potential to make a good bit of side income through on online store.

Money Cactus gives some great advice on How to Have Anything You Want with No Regrets. As someone who suffers from buyer’s remorse for everything from an iPad to a soda, I really enjoyed this post.

Bonus posts: Everything I read on Prairie Eco Thrifter is excellent. Seriously. It’s one of my favorite sites to read and I always want to include a post from her site for these round-ups but I rarely do because I don’t know which one to pick. So just go read her whole site. On Untemplater, Yakezie Guru Sam writes cautions “Don’t Be In A Hurry To Leave School and Enter the Real World”. The title reminds me of Billy Madison (“you gotta cherish it”) but he makes some outstanding points that I almost completely agree with.

New personal finance reads (or, blogs you need to start reading)

Thrifty and Fit–Kristen’s blog is great and fun. She’s trying really hard to manage her finances so please go give her some support.

Married with Debt–John is opinionated (which is awesome) and he’s a great writer (which is even awesomer). He provides some seriously thought provoking posts that keep you going back to his site for more reading.

The Random Path–Mackenzie is my long lost twin sister, I swear it. I love everything she writes and it’s scary how similar our lives are (and have been). Every time I read a post of hers, I feel like I could have written it. Except she gives recipes that make me want to eat my computer. I couldn’t come up with those.

Smartwealth–Evan’s wife rescued a cat from the streets and named it Boots. I did the same thing and gave it the same name and I feel like we’re kindrid spirits now. Oh, and his blog (which he cowrites with Justin from Money Is the Root)? Is awesome!

My other writing (where I showcase myself or where you can find my staff writing)

52 Ways to Live Richly Reasonable: Make-up, Part 1 at Richly Reasonable

52 Week Prosperity Plan, Week 3: Establishing a schedule at Go Be Rich

Maximizing salaries and raises at Broke Professionals

Establishing a dining out budget at Dining Out Challenge

 

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