Comments on: Podcast 5: Pursuing Your Passion and a Dual-Income Budget http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/24/podcast-5-pursuing-your-passion-and-a-dual-income-budget/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:20:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Dziubekhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/24/podcast-5-pursuing-your-passion-and-a-dual-income-budget/#comment-193903 Tom Dziubek Tue, 26 May 2009 21:17:56 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6337#comment-193903 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Sonnyhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/24/podcast-5-pursuing-your-passion-and-a-dual-income-budget/#comment-193890 Sonny Tue, 26 May 2009 15:27:21 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6337#comment-193890 Flexo and Tom,Great Job on the podcast, I have to say this one has been my favorite by far. I enjoyed the interview with JD tremendously! I love hearing about how people started their sites/businesses. I would love it if you did more interviews like this. Bryan’s budgeting idea was interesting and even though I don’t think it’s for me, I enjoyed listening to it. Thanks Flexo and Tom,

Great Job on the podcast, I have to say this one has been my favorite by far. I enjoyed the interview with JD tremendously! I love hearing about how people started their sites/businesses. I would love it if you did more interviews like this. Bryan’s budgeting idea was interesting and even though I don’t think it’s for me, I enjoyed listening to it. Thanks

]]> By: Flexohttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/24/podcast-5-pursuing-your-passion-and-a-dual-income-budget/#comment-193858 Flexo Mon, 25 May 2009 04:34:42 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6337#comment-193858 Matt: Thanks for listening! And best of luck for taking your blogging to the next level. Matt: Thanks for listening! And best of luck for taking your blogging to the next level.

]]> By: Matt Jabshttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/24/podcast-5-pursuing-your-passion-and-a-dual-income-budget/#comment-193857 Matt Jabs Mon, 25 May 2009 02:29:29 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6337#comment-193857 Excellent info gentlemen, great to hear more background info on how JD started out. Also, per Bryan's idea...that is exactly what my wife & I have been doing...percentage based budgeting; it works great for us.Regarding passion striving...I have a goal to be following my passion for full-time Personal Finance Blogging by the end of 2010! I'm on my way...though it is far from easy. I am essentially working two full-time jobs, I just happen to love my moonlighting gig much much more! Excellent info gentlemen, great to hear more background info on how JD started out. Also, per Bryan’s idea…that is exactly what my wife & I have been doing…percentage based budgeting; it works great for us.

Regarding passion striving…I have a goal to be following my passion for full-time Personal Finance Blogging by the end of 2010! I’m on my way…though it is far from easy. I am essentially working two full-time jobs, I just happen to love my moonlighting gig much much more!

]]> By: Yanahttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/24/podcast-5-pursuing-your-passion-and-a-dual-income-budget/#comment-193849 Yana Sun, 24 May 2009 20:06:49 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6337#comment-193849 Good to hear you guys. I think we have things pretty well set up, though we aren't completely pursuing our passion - because our passion doesn't include work we'd rather not be doing. We like the least possible amount of compromise, and think we've managed that.If someone can pursue something on the side and succeed to the point of quitting his day job, I think that's great. I'd have to feel really secure to do something like that. Everything I do is "on the side", as a supplement to my husband's job. If I had a standard job, I would probably spend less time actually working, but more time and money preparing for it and being on the road. The amount of stress would not be worth it, and there would not be more money coming in than from the things I do now. My husband has a low-cost job, as well. After a certain point, what goes out becomes more important than what is coming in, at least that is the way it is for us.To be able to blog full-time must be a dream come true for those who really love it. It seems like you don't have to give up your identity and the substance of your lifestyle, as most jobs require. Good to hear you guys. I think we have things pretty well set up, though we aren’t completely pursuing our passion – because our passion doesn’t include work we’d rather not be doing. We like the least possible amount of compromise, and think we’ve managed that.

If someone can pursue something on the side and succeed to the point of quitting his day job, I think that’s great. I’d have to feel really secure to do something like that. Everything I do is “on the side”, as a supplement to my husband’s job. If I had a standard job, I would probably spend less time actually working, but more time and money preparing for it and being on the road. The amount of stress would not be worth it, and there would not be more money coming in than from the things I do now. My husband has a low-cost job, as well. After a certain point, what goes out becomes more important than what is coming in, at least that is the way it is for us.

To be able to blog full-time must be a dream come true for those who really love it. It seems like you don’t have to give up your identity and the substance of your lifestyle, as most jobs require.

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