Hello! How’s your week been? This week has been both good yet turbulent for me… It’s been great as far as blogging goes especially during the early part of the week as I was involved in The Gift of Debt series. Thank you to the talented Taynia from The Fiscal Flamingo who is responsible for putting this great series together!
The Gift of Debt series consists of articles by 8 different bloggers including myself who have been able to find something positive out of being in debt. Yes really! Debt doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. It’s worth checking the Fiscal Flamingo site daily for the next week or so to make sure you don’t miss out on great posts from the other bloggers who are taking part in this series. I’ve enjoyed being part of this immensely!
The turbulent part of my week has been down to some family issues which have cropped up. Unfortunately these family matters also involve financial matters and these two things don’t always go hand in hand! So for the latter part of the week, blogging has had to take a backseat. I haven’t had chance to visit or comment on as many blogs as I’d like but I’m hoping to be back on form next week. I might elaborate on these turbulent issues in the future, but for now my head has been spinning with everything, so I’ll just focus on the main feature of this post!
Here’s my favourite fab links from this week:
Glen from Monster Piggy Bank wrote an excellent post as part of The Gift of Debt series explaining how compound interest can work both for you or against you and how he got smart with tackling his mortgage debt. You can read his post here: Debt, Compound Interest and Home Ownership.
Girl Meets Debt published the first post in her new feature – Debt Confessions: Eva’s Story. I can really relate to this story by Eva from Girl Counting Pennies as I too have made questionable choices around finances in the past. I really admire how Eva is proactively tackling her debt and at the same time, not giving up on her dream of travelling!
Ash and Jay from Sterling Effort included A Disease Called Debt in their latest Top UK Personal Finance Blogs Update. I wanted to say a big thanks for that and also to let you know that this is a great site well worth visiting as it contains a wealth of information about money: making it, saving it and growing it!
Tonya from Budget & the Beach wrote a great post about We’re Doing The Best We Can. Tonya explains how it’s easy to look at someone else’s life (especially those people we don’t know so well) and judge how well they must be doing. However appearances can be deceiving!
Melanie from Dear Debt wrote an inspirational post called Practice that Attitude of Gratitude. Melanie writes about being grateful for the good things in our lives, showing appreciation and being kind to those people around us. It doesn’t take much, but a little bit of gratitude goes a long way.
Have a great weekend everyone, I’ll be back on Monday!
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I hope the family issues resolves itself sooner than later. You know you can always email me if you want to “talk” Thanks for including Eva’s post on my blog Hayley! Have a wonderful weekend. xo
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Thanks GMD! I’m sure everything will work out fine in the end. 🙂 I’m definitely looking forward to the weekend anyway! I hope you and J have a lovely weekend too. xo
I’m sorry about the family issues. They can be incredibly stressful. Thanks for much for the blog love, and hope you have a great weekend!
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Thanks Tonya! I really enjoyed your post and I hope you have a lovely weekend too!
We’re here for you and I hope everything gets better soon 🙁 I am glad you enjoyed my post. It’s important to remember those little things when life is turned upside down. Loved your Gift of Debt series post! Excited/nervous about mine tomorrow! Have a great weekend and take care of yourself.
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Thanks Melanie I really appreciate that and I thought your post was great. I’m going to think about your post when dealing with my family issues! I’m looking forward to reading your Gift of Debt post tomorrow – I’m sure it will be fab!
Sorry about the family issues. I’ve got some of those right now, too, and can empathize.
Great list this week. I really enjoyed Eva’s post over at GMD, too. I think it’ll be a great series.
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Sorry to read you’re going through the mill with family issues too DB40. 🙁 I hope things get sorted out for you real soon. Glad you liked the list – I’m looking forward to GMD’s next debt confession already!
Hey Hayley and what a great series to be a part of 🙂
Thanks for the other links as well and I hope you are able to work out your family issues and that they don’t cause you any, or further stress.
Take care and all the best.
Lyle
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Thanks Lyle – it really is a great series to be part of! Hope you’ve had a lovely weekend! 🙂
My well wishes for you with regard to the family issues. I recently went through something similar but the nice about family is that after all is said and done and argued about, you remain as one ready to face the odds.
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Thanks Jen. 🙂 It will get sorted eventually I’m sure! Hope you and your family is doing ok now.
I hope family issues will get resolved soon, Hayley! This can be pretty upsetting as these are the people you love the most! Thank you so much for mentioning my debt story on Wendy’s blog, I am so glad you enjoyed it! I look forward to reading more stories from the series and hopefully will see yours on there one day soon! 😉 Have a wonderful weekend, lovely! xo
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Thanks Eva! Debt Confessions over at GMD’s blog is such a great feature! Yes, my story might be featured on GMD’s blog at some point in the future… watch this space! 🙂 Hope you’re having a fab weekend!
Hey, Hayley! Hope everything gets back on track soon. Have a good and restful weekend, my friend!
Thanks so much Laurie! Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend too!
Just came across your blog and loved it 🙂 Will be following your future posts! Also, what part of the UK do you live in? I was recently in London and had a great time. I think my favorite aspect of the UK is that people are so polite — the contrast between the manners of a cab driver in London vs. NY is unbelievable!
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Thanks Natalie, I really appreciate you stopping by! I live in Yorkshire now – not that far from London really. It certainly is a great city! How funny about the manners of cab drivers here compared to NY! I would love to experience a taxi ride over in NY – maybe one day!
It’s totally okay to put blogging on the backburner when these kinds of things come up. Your blog will always be there once everything settles. Hope it all turns out ok 🙂
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Thanks Lisa! Things are settling down a little although the issues are still there. That’s the great thing about blogging, you can pick it back up easily enough. 🙂