Earlier this week marked the five year anniversary of this blog. Seems like an awful lot has happened during that time, from many different points of view. I thought it would be interesting to review a couple of those early entries today, to see how they have weathered the test of time. Keep in mind, at that time the blog entries were solely reprints of my then-quarterly newsletter…
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A Look Back At Five-Year-Old Posts
First Message: message is as relevant today as it was then. We know who we are, we average everyday people, and this remains the folks that I work with.
Reallocating In 5 Easy Steps: no amazing technological advances here – the process pretty much remains the same, and continues to be important.
TIDBITS - College Savings: Talk about the good ol’ days! I know personally that WIU at Macomb has increased considerably from those figures. Here’s an update with the 2009 figures (amount of increase in percentage):
Southern Illinois U Carbondale: $18,901 (+63%)
Bradley U: $30,410 (+33%)
Illinois State U: $19,828 (+26%)
U of Illinois: $23,150 (+47%)
Western Illinois U: $16,037 (+73%)
Financial Planning 101: still as relevant today as it was when originally written.
I guess that’s all a good sign, right? That the stuff we discussed here continues to be important and relevant five years later…? Hopefully you’ve had a chance to implement some of those recommendations over the past five years and have reaped some rewards from them.
As with just about anything, there is no magical solution to always be successful and avoid all problems in your financial life – but hopefully what you’ve seen here over the years is helpful to improve your overall success-to-problem ratio in your favor.
Thanks for five years’ worth of listening – I’ll do my best to be worthy of your attention. Please, no spoons or wood are necessary… :-) But do let me know (leave a comment) if you like something, hate something, or if you’d like to see other topics covered.
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