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Alchemilla

Sadly not. What about if owning a pair is on my bucket list?

Parents evening uh gain.

I think I have fixed the comments thing on the blog now.

Alchemilla

Just got home. Oof.
NSD.

newgirly

I think if they are on your bucket list you have to get them. They will need to be be bought at some time if you are to cross them off your list , and the longer you leave it the more inflation will add to the cost , so its mse to buy them now :money:

Alchemilla

Brilliant!

newgirly

Why thank you

Karmacat

Yep, they're a want. You obviously *really* want them. You can afford them. Why not? Go for it

edinburgher

Alchemilla wrote: »

Ooh lets "Thought Shower"
Do you want it to be linked to your MSE persona? And will it be finance?

Hope it's not too late to jump back in?

• I would love a thought shower, it sounds refreshing! It will need to be fairly high level
• Definitely finance related, was thinking something along the lines of an everyman FI blog from someone people might actually relate to 'normal job, normal family, trying to do something extraordinary' sort of thing? Slightly sick of reading about financial supermen who either earn ££££££, don't have kids, or survive on a diet of lentils and philosophy :rotfl:
• The blog would be discrete from my MSE life. You'll note that I avoid saying 'persona'. I have always been very (too?) honest in my time here and I need a firewall to protect my identity
• The blog might also relate to a career change at some point, so I would need the clean break for future professional reasons
• The blog would be entirely transparent, considering publishing things like NW/asset allocations etc. Again, I need to be very secret to be very open!
• I find that cross-posting your internet personae only works for a certain type of blog that I'll categorise as 'frugal/heartfelt/cutesy'. If SF will excuse me labelling her, her blog is a perfect example. Blog posts serve as a formal roundup of a journal as a sort of 'what blogger x did next'. There is value in linking the big picture posts to the everyday, as these bloggers are trying to capture the essence of a way of life
• I was planning for a more goal orientated blog. Not to say that SF isn't goal orientated (far from it), but the audience for her blog will be far more interested in the detail than the audience that I envisage for my embryonic embryonic blog. I have come to realise that I cannot monetise stories about polishing my shoes. In fact, that's a lie, I could affiliate link the hell out of my recent shoe purchases Argh, waffling.

*Edit: Once more - not denigrating any blogs - just highlighting certain stylistic features!

Watty1

newgirly wrote: »

I think if they are on your bucket list you have to get them. They will need to be be bought at some time if you are to cross them off your list , and the longer you leave it the more inflation will add to the cost , so its mse to buy them now :money:

Superb argument. I'd buy!

Watty1

Ed love the sound of your blog. I'd read it. I've looked at a lot of financial blogs since beginning this journey and they just are not 'ordinary folk' with 'ordinary lives' trying out the 'extra-ordinary'. I think total open-ness would be fantastic if you can protect your identity sufficiently.

Alchemilla

It sounds exactly what I thought you should do!

We are all different.

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