Starting Over and the New Normal

I have a confession.

I’ve been failing as a blogger. I’ve been sorely ignoring my duties to the public. I’m supposed to deliver money-saving advice, provide guidance on profitable side hustles, and even offer an empathetic viewpoint of how challenges can be thrown at you when you least expect it.

Forgive me, Readers, for I have been absent. It’s been awhile since my last blog post, and I am seeking forgiveness. And no, it won’t be an easy thing to achieve penance. Y’all are a tough crowd — smart, yet fair.

But as they often say — out of sight, out of mind.

How many new personal finance blogs have emerged over the past few months? Probably many. So many newbie PF bloggers who have no idea who I am, or that I ever even existed. (In addition to the seasoned bloggers who were out there already, but also never knew I existed… )

I’ve been shirking these duties, burying my head in the sand, blissfully ignoring this platform that I sculpted and sweated and struggled into existence several years ago.

This living being that I attempted to breathe life into.

This blog that became my one true voice, at a time when most everything in my world was uncertain and uncomfortable, only I didn’t want to admit it.

Challenged by issues with money, debt, and conflicting relationships. It would all come to a head, but I was doing my best to resist it.

And then my world kind of splattered — kaplooey — only it was the best thing to possibly happen.

And then what did I do?