Call for reader questions and stories!

This week I am in Orlando for Fincon, the annual gathering of oldsters who work on the intersection of cash and media. Because of this, I have never had time to do the entire issues I usually do throughout per week. I have never been studying or writing about cash. As a substitute, I’ve completed lots of chatting with colleagues.

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

On Tuesday, as an illustration, a gaggle of us booked a non-public VIP tour by the Disney theme parks. We had a blast. I imply, have a look at this wretched hive of scum and villainy…

Chatting with different cash nerds this week has given me further readability concerning the future route of Get Wealthy Slowly — on the net, on YouTube, and within the e-mail publication.

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

Sure, I might very very like 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 at present. I had a windfall from the location 13 years in the past, which permits me to pursue this as a ardour mission (not less than for a time).

As a substitute, 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 individuals grasp their cash — and their lives. Whereas I may not earn something from the location at present (or subsequent week and even subsequent 12 months), I’ve religion that if I present worth, then finally I am going to uncover a technique to become profitable 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 need to work together extra with you. I have been brainstorming quite a lot of methods to do that. Again once I began the location, as an illustration, 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 possibility for people to hunt recommendation from the group at giant. Listed here are some precise previous questions:

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

I might wish to convey these options again. Maybe they will not be weekly as they used to. Perhaps they will solely be month-to-month. It does not matter. What’s necessary right here is that it is a possibility for Get Wealthy Slowly to be about extra than simply me. It is an opportunity for the location 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, when you have a cash story you’re feeling like sharing with everybody, ship it in.

The way to Submit a Story or Query

If you wish to share your story, or for those who’d wish 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 of us they suppose are making dumb choices. In the event you suppose you’ll be able to deal with adverse feedback, then go forward and share examples of what not to do.
• Hold issues entertaining! Write naturally, as for those who had been sending an e-mail to a good friend. Don’t attempt to gussy it up for Get Wealthy Slowly. I’ll assist edit issues so that they’re presentable.
• Individuals do not like chapter and “I ran away from debt” tales. Your story can nonetheless have these parts, however strive to not make them the main target. In case your story is, “I received out of debt by declaring chapter”, it’ll go close to the underside of the stack.
• Size doesn’t matter (your story could be lengthy or quick). You don’t must put the story in MS Phrase or some other format. Simply kind 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, you’ll want to specify that. Additionally, I am completely happy 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 most likely will not even reply.

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