Today, I’m leaving on a week-long vacation to visit a friend and spend some time on the beach, enjoying my time off and ignoring all responsibilities of the real world.
I’ve got a few (very few) posts scheduled, but not enough to cover the whole time I’m gone, but rest assured, I will be back next Friday. I might be tweeting every now and then, so if you’re curious, check out my Twitter page. I’m making no promises, as part of the plan for the vacation is to disconnect a bit and not worry about work or blogging.
When I get back, there might be pictures, and hopefully a great report of all the fun I had while still staying on budget.
Anyone have any great vacation stories to tell?
Megan is a 40-something government employee in the Washington, DC area. She got interested in Personal Finance when she got out of college and realized that her paycheck wasn’t going to go as far as she had hoped. Since starting this blog, she has managed to buy a house and make a solid start on her retirement goals, and hopes to help others do the same. Here is her story:
In 2007, I was a gainfully employed 20-something with no debt but not a lot of knowledge about personal finance. It was a co-worker’s comment about Roth IRAs that sent me to the internet, searching for information. It was then that I realized that I really didn’t know a whole lot about personal finance and that my current financial situation was due a lot to inherent frugal tendencies, generous family members, a fear of debt, and good luck. While that was working for me, clearly I needed a better plan.
While I had no debt, I was also pretty much living paycheck to paycheck and not worrying about going over budget (I say this as if I had a real budget) because I had an emergency fund set aside to cover any overages.
Except that’s not what an emergency fund is for.
So I did a lot of research, read a lot of blogs, and decided that I needed a plan. I needed to budget. I needed to know what I was spending my money on. I needed to prepare for the future.
I decided to create a blog not only to make myself accountable to others but also to share the knowledge that I gained along the way. I’ve learned so much from my fellow bloggers, and I hope that my readers can find something useful in what I have to share as well.
Have a great time! Try to relax and enjoy it! 🙂
Have a great vacation!!
enjoy! and yes, def. hook us up w/ some pictures when you get back 🙂 btw, remind me to tell you something later too – nothing bad, just interesting – and can’t leave it here 😉