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What happened to the 12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness?
Written by Sam on February 9, 2010 – 9:02 am -I have some apologizing to do. I have had the bad habit of over promising and under delivering on this blog. Back in September I was ready to launch the 12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness program and, alas, nothing happened. My eyes were bigger than my stomach and I fell victim of my tendency to want everything perfect. In addition, right when I was preparing to launch our family was hugely blessed by the arrival of a newborn adopted baby boy. We literally had about 2 weeks notice before he was placed with us. Add to all this that I’ve been unemployed, under-employed, or self-employed at various times (and depending on how you look at it) for over a year.
I don’t mean to excuse my lack of follow through, but rather wanted to give a sense as to why taking on the 12 week program became too much for me to handle. But even more than not following through with the program, I apologize for not communicating to those who were waiting and expecting it.
So now I am taking a new stance on this site which is to under promise and over deliver. I’m also going to let go of my tendency to want perfection in each post. That’s not to say I’m going to let the quality slack, but it does mean that I may be splitting up larger posts into chunks to make it easier for me to write them. It means that I may not be on a perfectly consistent posting schedule (not that this will be any different for the readers, but it will help me give myself a break mentally).
I WILL be starting up the 12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness soon (given the above, I won’t promise a time). The one difference will be that I can’t promise to have new content every week. That will be my aim, but if I miss it I don’t want to get down on myself and stop posting just because I fell behind. Instead of looking at it as “12 weeks,” you might want to look at it as “12 steps” for now. All of the activities and assignments will still work just as well given a slightly longer time frame and I still anticipate it will help you get your financial life under control. In other words, the content won’t be any different.
I have so much more to share on this topic and I never even scratched the surface as to the topics I wanted to discuss. I miss having the community and user feedback which has dwindled due to my lack of involvement. I hope to reinvigorate that. Personal finances are such a personal topic that we don’t often share our struggles and questions with others and I hope to make this site a place where people can share and get their questions answered.
Thank you to all you readers who have stuck around even during long periods of silence. Your readership and contribution is very valuable to me and I truly appreciate it.
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Giveaway winners for Sept. 22nd through 25th.
Written by Sam on October 1, 2009 – 2:40 pm -Here is the final list of giveaway winners. For those who have won, you should be receiving information within the next week about how to claim your prize. Thanks for all those who participated.
And the winners are:
- Jennifer Smith won a free Food Storage Made Easy Binder.
- Brenda Bowman won a lifetime subscription to the Scrooge Strategy.
- Juli Thompson won a free Food Storage Made Easy Binder.
- Amy Smith won a lifetime subscription to the Scrooge Strategy.
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Giveaway Extended To The 25th
Written by Sam on September 22, 2009 – 10:45 am -Due to the generosity of our sponsors, we have enough prizes to extend the giveaway to Friday the 25th! That means there are still four more chances to win. Your chances of winning are still decent, particularly if you enter all 10 possible ways. Even if you don’t enter, be sure to check back later this week for information on “12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness.”
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Giveaway Winners for the 17th through 21st
Written by Sam on September 22, 2009 – 10:41 am -Today I’m announcing the winners for the last 5 days. I’ve noticed a few people taking advantage of the multiple ways to enter, including Sunday’s winner Cynthia. She entered four times with little effort. Nice work! We also had a winner from France – oo la la!
I’m going to be starting the introduction to “12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness” this week. I’m so excited to get it going so stay tuned for more information.
And the winners are:
J Palmer wins Pear Budget free for 6 months.
nalf wins the Food Storage Made Easy Binder.
Cynthia Ladson wins a free lifetime membership to the Scrooge Strategy.
Kari Brimhall wins the book The Four Pillars of Investing courtesy of J.D. Roth of Get Rich Slowly.
Lenelle Mozell wins Pear Budget free for 6 months.
It’s not too late to enter. You still have a few days left.
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The New GFD Is Up!!!
Written by Sam on August 31, 2009 – 12:16 am -The new site has finally launched. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. Whenever re-designing a site it’s always easy to miss little things here and there. Please let me know if you see anything out of the ordinary and post it in the comments below. I’d also love to hear suggestions about the site in general. What do you like or dislike? Are there any features you’d like to see added?
Be sure to check back throughout the week on details about the re-launch promotion. I’ll soon be announcing our sponsors and additional details. You can also see to the right that I’ve posted a link to sign up for the series “12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness.” I’ll be starting this series in September so be sure to sign up and let your friends know. If you sign up via email you’ll qualify to receive extra bonus content throughout the series.
Well, it’s late and I need to make sure I get at least some sleep so I’m ready to post promotion details tomorrow. Cheers!
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