Comments on: Podcast 5: Pursuing Your Passion and a Dual-Income Budget

By: Tom Dziubek

Tom Dziubek — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:17:56 +0000

Thanks!

By: Sonny

Sonny — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:27:21 +0000

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: Flexo

Flexo — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:34:42 +0000

Matt: Thanks for listening! And best of luck for taking your blogging to the next level.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:29:29 +0000

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: Yana

Yana — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:06:49 +0000

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.