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Guest Post: How I Got Out of Debt

Our next guest post comes from Fabulously Broke, one of my favorite lifestyle/personal finance bloggers. I always found her story inspiring and asked her to write a special post on how she managed to clear $60k in debt AND build a respectable net worth. Enjoy! Background I am a twenty-something consultant who was $60,000 in student debt after graduating college, and I cleared it in full after 18 months. Now, approximately 3 years later I have a net worth of ~$110,000. I started my climb out of debt by blogging at Fabulously Broke in the City which is a lifestyle blog with a hint of money talk, and I've just recently started another blog about my other passion: achievable, everyday minimalism and how to simplify...

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Are You Interested in Guest-Blogging?

I have been thinking about what to do with this blog when I go into labor and during the precious few weeks following the birth of our baby. I know that my readers will completely understand a maternity break from blogging; but at the same time I am hesitant to put this site into hiatus mode, even if for a week. I have started to compile a list of posts that can be pre-written and scheduled to go up at any time. However, I also know that there is no way to predict how much time I may need away (I may not need any time off at all), or if I can provide enough material to sustain my "at least...

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Do You Boycott?

Ever since I started writing more about my religious views on this site, I have gotten more than a few comments and nasty emails stating that they will no longer read my blog because they disagree with my stance on certain issues. I don't have much of a problem with readers who choose to unsubscribe — they are certainly free to do as they wish! In addition, my main objective in blogging is to write and share my thoughts with the world. Although my readership is important to me, losing readers here and there will not hurt me financially (it's not like I make money from this site anyway), nor will it discourage me from blogging. That being said, what I would...

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Some Additional Thoughts on Squarespace, and Updates to the Site

I have been using Squarespace since 2008 when I was asked to test their new V5 platform, and even wrote an extensive review on it after deciding to switch over from WordPress. I still believe it to be the best blogging platform available, and wholeheartedly recommend it to all my friends and colleagues. But as much as I love Squarespace, I would be lying if I were to say that I do not have any issues with it. I think it's safe to say that Squarespace can be comparable to Apple (more specifically, the iPhone platform) in that they are very secretive about what's coming next, its users are reliant on them and not third-party resources for major improvements and updates, and those...

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