Welcome to Godsgreenearth

November 4, 2007

Welcome to godsgreenearth.ws. I want this blog to be sort of an adventure in personal finance from the perspective of a thirty-something Christian family man. Struggles, successes, and sharing what I learn along the way. I honestly don’t know exactly which direction this will go in, what to expect, and what I can give, but I’m sure it will be a learning experience.

It’ll include some tips on all aspects of personal finance, stories, and hopefully some input from readers so I can learn from you as well.  I’m not a personal finance expert, so please don’t act solely on what you read here.  Sounds pretentious for me to even suggest that someone would do such a  thing. This will be about my life, and what I discover that works.

What I’m really interested in here is achieving financial independence for my family and sharing what I learn along the way. I think personal finance education is sorely lacking in our society and I want to do my part to communicate clear and simple best practices we can use to gain financial independence.

I know, I know there are a ton of other personal finance sites/blogs out there, so what’s different about this one? Well, maybe not much, but maybe a lot. This is as much a therapeutic journey (more about my journey later) for me to become financially independent, as it is a place to give and take advice, tips and encouragement. So Please, join in!

Ok, you may ask, what’s the name all about? The name came from a combination of thoughts:

1. I’m always amazed at the circumstances that life brings me, from the crazy things that happen when you have 3 kids under 10 years old running around, hence the often-thought phrase, “what on God’s green earth…”
2. My basic belief that God is real, despite the things we see around us, and that he is in control of this beautiful green earth, as well as the “green” that we use to pay our bills and function in a material world.
3. Here’s an obvious one: The term “green” is a derivative of a slang term for United States paper money, the “greenback”. Yes, this is a money blog.
   
4. “Green” also refers to someone who is new at something, which certainly describes my attempt at blogging about personal finance.

As a complete afterthought, I realized that the name has some environment overtones to it. This was completely unintentional on my part, but it may play to some of the money issues surrounding the current “go green” movement, which I’ll probably address somewhere now and then down the line. It may include my love/hate relationship with compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Thanks for visiting and hopefully this adventure will benefit all of us.

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