Call for reader questions and stories!

This week I am in Orlando for Fincon, the annual gathering of parents who work on the intersection of cash and media. Because of this, I have never had time to do all the issues I usually do throughout every week. I have never been studying or writing about cash. As an alternative, I’ve finished a variety of chatting with colleagues.

We have been coming collectively at Fincon since 2011. At first, we had been almost all strangers to one another. Right this moment, many of those individuals are my closest mates — however they’re mates I see in particular person solely a couple of times every year. I worth each second I get to spend with them.

On Tuesday, as an example, a gaggle of us booked a private VIP tour through the Disney theme parks. We had a blast. I imply, take a look at this wretched hive of scum and villainy…

Chatting with different cash nerds this week has given me extra readability in regards to the future route of Get Wealthy Slowly — on the internet, on YouTube, and within the electronic mail e-newsletter.

You see, most cash bloggers (and podcasters and YouTube creators) are in it for the cash. That is high quality. I’ve no downside with that. However that is not me.

Sure, I’d very very similar to to earn revenue from the work that I do, however I am within the lucky place that I do not want to earn that revenue right now. I had a windfall from the positioning 13 years in the past, which permits me to pursue this as a ardour venture (at the least for a time).

As an alternative, I can give attention to making Get Wealthy Slowly significant to me and helpful to you. I can ignore the monetary facet of issues whereas I work to construct a useful resource that helps folks grasp their cash — and their lives. Whereas I won’t earn something from the positioning right now (or subsequent week and even subsequent yr), I’ve religion that if I present worth, then ultimately I am going to uncover a solution to earn a living in a manner that does not compromise my values.

Ship Me Your Questions and Tales!

Anyhow, as a part of my renewed imaginative and prescient for Get Wealthy Slowly, I wish to work together extra with you. I have been brainstorming quite a lot of methods to do that. Again once I began the positioning, as an example, GRS had two common options that highlighted the group of readers.

First, there was an ongoing “Ask the Readers” column by which real-world readers offered questions and dilemmas for dialogue. This was a chance for folk to hunt recommendation from the group at massive. Listed below are some precise previous questions:

Second, there was an everyday “Reader Tales” column by which folks such as you shared monetary anecdotes from their lives. These tales had been typically tales of success however may be attention-grabbing how-to articles. Listed below are just a few previous reader tales:

I might prefer to convey these options again. Maybe they will not be weekly as they used to. Possibly they’re going to solely be month-to-month. It does not matter. What’s vital right here is that it is a chance for Get Wealthy Slowly to be about extra than simply me. It is an opportunity for the positioning to assist everybody get higher with cash.

To that finish: You probably have a monetary query or cash dilemma that you just’d like assist with, drop me a line. I am going to work with you to craft a query for the GRS group. Equally, in case you have a cash story you are feeling like sharing with everybody, ship it in.

Easy methods to Submit a Story or Query

If you want to share your story, or if you happen to’d prefer to ask a query, please maintain these tips in thoughts:

• Your story doesn’t must be an instance of what to do proper with cash, however bear in mind that different readers can get cranky with people they suppose are making dumb choices. If you happen to suppose you possibly can deal with adverse feedback, then go forward and share examples of what not to do.
• Maintain issues entertaining! Write naturally, as if you happen to had been sending an e-mail to a buddy. Don’t attempt to gussy it up for Get Wealthy Slowly. I’ll assist edit issues in order that they’re presentable.
• Folks don’t love chapter and “I ran away from debt” tales. Your story can nonetheless have these components, however strive to not make them the main target. In case your story is, “I obtained out of debt by declaring chapter”, it’ll go close to the underside of the stack.
• Size doesn’t matter (your story might be lengthy or brief). You don’t must put the story in MS Phrase or some other format. Simply sort it up and ship it over to jdroth@getrichslowly (dot-org, not dot-com).
• If it’s essential to be nameless for no matter purpose, make sure to specify that. Additionally, I am pleased to hyperlink to your web site, however I’ll not run questions or tales which might be blatant ploys at self-promotion. If what you ship me is clearly meant to be an advert, you are simply going to piss me off. It will not get revealed and I in all probability will not even reply.

So, please: Ship me your tales and questions. I stay up for studying them, and to sharing the perfect along with your fellow GRS readers.