Interview with the Writer’s Coin

• What is your favorite topic to blog about?

I used to be all about anything personal-finance related: saving money, being more efficient with spending, etc. But lately I’ve moved past that and I’m more interested in how to increase one’s earnings, which includes career stuff and entrepreneurial things too. I’ve also started writing a lot about happiness and how that can fit in with one’s career progression.

• How is The Writer’s Coin different from other financial blogs?

I’m not interested in competing with the big sites that write about how to save X amount of money. I’m through with that. I’ve done all of that and gotten to a place where I’m all talked out on the subject of becoming frugal. Now I want to focus on the earning instead of the spending. I model my writing as the “Michael Lewis of personal finance,” which to me means I’m trying to make my writing interesting. Whatever it is I decide to write about, I want my readers to be entertained and potentially informed. I refuse to bore them.

• Where do you get the ideas for your blogs?

Life and the things happening in the news. My wife and I got a joint bank account right after we got married and I wrote about that. We were looking to buy our first place and I wrote about that as well. The rest of it comes from what’s happening in the news and what my opinions are on that. I also try to set some thinking time aside to just ponder different things and every so often something interesting will come of that.

• What topic seems to be the most popular among your readers?

Real estate is really hot right now. That and happiness, morality, and taxes. For whatever reason, those posts tend to elicit the most comments. I’m ecstatic that posts about happiness and how to attain it get this much attention. As for taxes? Well, hey, whatever floats their boat.

• Where do you see The Writer’s Coin in about 2 years?

Tough question. I have no idea. Over the last few months it’s changed dramatically so in two years I can see it being my own personal brand, without a clear topic. Probably more about entrepreneurship and career advice than directly about personal finance. But you never know, I might just sell if off for a million bucks!

• What is some financial advice you would offer to our readers?

Get the basics of frugality down as soon as you can. You don’t need to get all extreme, you just need to get a handle on the basics like not being stupid with your credit card, spending less than you earn, etc. Start putting money into retirement as soon as you can. And once you have all that covered, start dedicating your time to the big questions in life: what makes you happy and how can you fit that into your life as soon as you can as much as you can? Then execute that plan.

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