Will Single Ma Ever Return to Blogging?
This is a question people ask me at least 3x per week. In response, I’ve written, deleted, re-written, edited, changed my mind, deleted, and re-written this post several times in the past several weeks. This time, I’m going to roll with it, but I’ll try to keep it short.
Fabulous Financials is my online home and I miss it. But…I don’t miss blogging about personal finance every single day. However, I love blogging and I love my readers, so I’ve been thinking about returning to the blogosphere with a different focus.
If you follow me on Twitter, you already know what I’ve been up to lately. For those who don’t, I’ve committed to a permanent lifestyle change of health & fitness. Here’s my vision board for 2010.
As you can see, health & fitness is front and center in my life right now. And you already know, when I set my mind to something, I live and breathe my goals and tackle them with unyielding determination. Since the week of December 20th, I have made the following improvements:
- From thinking of food as comfort and convenience –> To thinking of food as merely fuel for my body.
- From drinking zero water –> To drinking at least 24-32 oz every day.
- From dining out 4-5x per week –> To creating weekly meal plans and preparing healthy meals at home at least 5x per week.
- From skipping breakfast and gorging on junk for lunch and dinner –> To eating 3 balanced meals per day followed by 3 healthy snacks.
- From reaching for a candy bar –> To reaching for a piece of fruit.
- From a sedentary lifestyle –> To exercising a minimum of 3x per week with other “fun” physical activities in between.
- From walking and being winded after 10 minutes –> To run/walk intervals for a minimum of 30 minutes at 4 mph on a 1% incline. I’m about to begin Week 5 of the C25K running plan. If all goes well and God is willing, I hope to run my first 5k later this year.
- And last, but not least, an 11.2 lb weight loss…and counting.
I still have a burning passion for personal finance. It is a part of who I am and that will never change. My financial goal is still to save and invest $47,500 this year. But as I told my tweeps a few weeks ago, my new LIFETIME GOAL is to be Healthy & Wealthy.
I will return to blogging if you will join me on this new journey. What say you? Free free to leave a comment below and/or respond to the embedded poll:
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I can’t wait for you to start posting again SingleMa. No one said your blog has to be about personal finance only…life is about more than money. The way you write, you make everything sound interesting and I look forward to reading each and every post.
Aww, that’s very sweet of you to say. Thank you. [-SM]
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I will continue to read your blog cause I have been for the past 3 yrs. I also look forward to reading new post.
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Of course I’ll be reading !!
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YAY!!!
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We’ve found that our lifestyle has turned a similar corner. That, and we are getting more involved in how our country and government works. Post about your life, for your own interests, and people will read. I know I will.
“Post about your life, for your own interests, and people will read.” Very good advice, thanks. [-SM]
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When I read the title, “Will Single Ma Ever Return to Blogging?” I thought to myself, Yes, she just did!
I will keep reading because you have a fun distinctive voice loaded with enthusiasm and successes but also letting us in on the disappointments. I might like your new focus even more because I’m already pretty good financially (except for the part about looking for better paying jobs), but I’ve been slipping away from physical fitness.
I should have joined twitter. How did you make so many fabulous changes in so short a time?
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FYI, your “goals” link doesn’t work. I found it at http://fabulousfinancials.com/category/goals-and-aspirations. Feel free to fix your link and delete this comment.
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Hell yeah. I had to laugh, though, when my eyes went straight to the wine bottles on the vision board! That’s my kind of vision, baby! But all kidding aside, I will be happy to read about health & fitness with the fabulous Single Ma slant on things! I’ve been trying to exercise more and eat better too, so hopefully you’ll inspire me.
I told you it’s all about the BOOZ man! LOL
Next time I come to NY or you’re in DC, we need to hook up! [-SM]
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glad to have you back in any capacity………I’m also gonna try becoming healthy by way of changing the what and how I eat as well as incorporating exercise in my daily routines. Last week I walked twice at lunch and if I can continue to do that at least three times a week along with hitting the track (for walking) at least once on the weekend, I’ll be off to a good start.
Again, thanks for coming back to inspire…………
As long as you’re moving, every little bit helps. Congrats on making baby steps. [-SM]
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I am soooo excited!! I have missed reading your blog, I never log on to Twitter. I am so happy the masses were able to sway you back!!!! Yeah!!!!
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As I was strolling down before I got to the poll I was thinking He!! yeah lol
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Thank goodness you are back! I love your blog.
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you and whataboutourdaughters.com blogger are both going for the 5k this year. something in the air? great that women are going for big, healthy goals.
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I am so glad you’ve decided to return to blogging! I’ve been lurking on your site for years (though I’ve rarely commented) and have read the blog from start to finish. Your writing style and the reality of your posts is what really drew me in. Health & Fitness and Personal Finance are my two absolute favorite topics, so combining them is definitley a treat for me (and the topic of my soon-to-be-released blog). Thank you for encouraging me along my journey to financial freedom, and I hope you can continue to encourage others to a life of healthy habits.
You might have now inspired me to actually use the twitter account I created ages ago!
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I just so happend to look online today to see if you changed your mind about not blooging anymore. And to my surprise you are back! Yea!!!! I am sooooo happy!!!
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