Fearless Money

On this 100th post for Fearless Money, I am taking the opportunity to discuss the future direction of the site. As you may have noticed if you are a long time reader, the site has changed direction, I think for the better.

When I was new at this, I talked about what all the other financial bloggers did. Boring. I just don’t have the touch to pull off “reblogging” in a way that adds any real value. I’ll leave that to the masters of the link-out and the republishing. I read their blogs too, I just don’t feel the need to add my voice to the chorus any longer.

It isn’t just that sort of blogging I am turning away from, it is the whole focus on lack that I am firmly putting behind me. You’ll never read any advice from me that you can make your way to abundance by cutting latte’s from your diet. Fooey. No one ever saved their way to abundance, and if they did, they didn’t enjoy it.

New Attitude

This new attitude partially comes from a seed planted by Loral Langemeier in her wonderful book, “The Millionaire Maker”, where she says:

Too many experts tell you to live small, spend nothing, and barely breathe as you dawdle off into the horizon. That sounds just awful to me. I believe it is possible to achieve wealth and have a latte with breakfast.

In the past few months I’ve found myself returning to that quote often. It has grown into a new resolution in me to not live small, and to cease advising or praising others for living below their capabilities.

This world throbs with wealth

To paraphrase Napoleon Hill, “This world throbs with wealth”. It truly does! My goal is now to create an abundant living for myself and my family. Not in the future after twenty years of savings, but now and tomorrow, and all the days after that.

I truly appreciate the lessons I learned from the likes of Dave Ramsey and various Personal Finance bloggers. I no longer outspend my means. I am far more conscious of the regular spending choices I make. This is a good thing. I doubt my company, Zefamily LLC, would have ever launched if I hadn’t had a year of solid budgeting experience. But I will no longer try to squash myself and my family, scrimping for the kids college and for retirement.

The new direction

The solution, of course, is to make a lot more money. That is the new goal and the new focus of Fearless Money.

From now on, you’ll see more articles about how my business and other peoples’ businesses, since that is the best way for anyone to make money in this country. I’ll continue my investment articles, letting you know how my investments are doing, along with other investments I’m considering. I’ll also add some discussion of personal development articles, sites and books I find useful on my path to wealth. Finally in the mix will be contrarian “positive” views of commonly accepted doomsaying. I’m particularly good at silver-lining spotting, but it has taken me these months to get brave enough to share these views with my readers.

Thanks everyone, you keep me honest, focused, and interested. I truly appreciate the opportunity you have given me to connect and talk about something that has meaning for us all.