After an extended long weekend, it was a nice short week around here. At the end of my birthday weekend I decided to go on a short camping trip on Vancouver Island. It had been way too long since my last camping trip and too long since I had been over to the Island. Swimming in the ocean over there was way colder than the drunken night swimming on Friday.
On my actual birthday I convinced my new girlfriend to go kayaking and then she treated me to a nice dinner. Since it was a birthday weekend for 3 other friends, it was a weekend full of partying. All in all it was a pretty awesome break from blogging.
Once I got back from camping I had to do some serious catching up. It kinda makes me glad that I didn’t schedule a post for Tuesday since that would mean even more comments to reply to. Hopefully I didn’t miss too many good posts on other blogs while I was away.
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Ironically I got a shitload of mentions on other blogs during this short holiday week. I guess I should take off every weekend and come back in the middle of the week. Thanks to everyone that mentioned my blog recently.
The VIP Club – Weekly Roundup 3rd Edition on Club Thrifty
The Round Table – August 31, 2012 Edition on Money Smart Guides
End of Augusts Friday Link Love on Bog Of Debt
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Linkin’ It Up: Car Show Edition on Debts and Taxes
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Emily’s list: Hurricane Isaac edition on Credit Cards.com
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Canadian Personal Finance Happy Hour – 11th Edition on Canadian Personal Finance
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Monthly Progress Report: Secret Project Edition on Careful Cents
Using Credit Cards (and Rewards) to Your Advantage on Club Thrifty
Weekly Roundup – Lots of Good Articles this Week on Rule Your Wallet Blog
Saturday Link Love on My Alternate Life
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Friends of the Family: Labor Day Weekend Edition on The Family Finances
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The Sunday Review – Top Posts of the Week on Savvy Scot
Link-Love #21 on Nickel by Nickel
Web Marketing Blog Carnival – September 3, 2012 on G34 Media
This That Side Rant – Rejection Letter on This That And The MBA
The Carnival of Tutorials – August on Making Of A Mom
Blue Collar Roundup — Didn’t Make the Cut Edition on Blue Collar Workman
Carnivals, Mentions, & Weekend Reading #27 on Work Save Live
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom on Street Smart Finance
Weekly Roundup on Making Sense of Cents
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Weekly Wrap-Up, Mentions and Good Reads #15 on iHeart Budgets
Places I’ve Been: Week Ending Sept 1 on Edward Antrobus
Modest Money’s 6 Ways to Avoid Blogger Burnout (and how I dealt with that) on Social Butterflies
Updates: August 26 – September 1 on Outlier Model
September 2012 Goals on Eyes On The Dollar
Carnival of Money Pros – Labor Day Weekend Edition on Young Cheap Living
Carnival of Retirement #35 – Labor Day Edition on Finance Product Reviews
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Get to Work with the Yakezie Labor Day Carnival on Stock Trend Investing
Carnival of Financial Camaraderie – Labor Day Edition on Broke-Ass Mommy
Turning Down the Noise on Budget and the Beach
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Weekend Reading – Buffett’s big birthday donation and great blogs on My Own Advisor
Ok if this list gets any bigger I’ll have to start listing carnival mentions earlier in the week. Also I might do the same for some of my favorite posts each week. That would require some extra organization though. So we’ll see.
How was everyone’s Labor Day weekend? Who all is out enjoy Denver at FinCon this weekend?
We’re missing you out here, man! My biggest learning from day #1: these Yakezie people are crazy. Fun times yesterday and the sessions start today. Can’t wait.
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I already knew the Yakezie people were crazy, but I’m not talking about partying
I’m really looking forward to going to FinCon next year.
I had never even heard of FinCon until about a month or two ago. Since I’m not a financial blogger, I think it’s not really for me! Well, and I have to work my full-time job anyway, no time for FinCon! We two might be the only people who didn’t go, man.
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Yeah I’m not sure how worthwhile it would be for a non-financial blogger. I’d think you’d still learn a lot, but maybe not enough to justify the expense and time off work. There’s actually lots of people within my circles who didn’t go this year, mostly because I network with a lot of newer bloggers.
My labour day was awesome. I took a trip to Halifax with some friends and good times were had by all. Good to hear you’re avoiding blogger burnout.
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Long weekend trips are always fun. Glad to hear that was the case with your Halifax trip too. I’m sure both of us avoided some blogger burnout with our weekend trips.
I really wish I was out at FinCon but have to keep the priorities in line.
My labor day weekend was great. Nice and relaxing and we got to sit in my company’s seats for the Sporting KC this past weekend (unlimited free food and drinks)!
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Nice…can’t complain about unlimited food and drinks at a sports event. I think I might get a bit out of hand in those circumstances though.
Thanks for the mention! No FINCON but we are leaving on vacation at 2am! I cannot wait! Have a great weekend!
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Good plan to leave so late so the kids will sleep most of the way. Enjoy Florida with the family Holly!
I wish I was at FinCon too, but the timing is just not good. Sounds like a good camping trip!
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Yeah timing was the major issue with me this year. If it was a month later I’d be going for sure. Oh well, there is always next year.
Glad you had a nice birthday weekend Jeremy! I wish I was going to Fincon…. a little bit too expensive for me to get there from London though! Maybe next year…
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Yep, from London it would be a tad expensive. I wonder how many bloggers make the trip from overseas. I’d think it would only be the really serious bloggers who are trying to make a living from their blog.
Happy birthday dude! You did miss one good post. My one on Abraham Lincoln. haha! Thanks for the mention here.
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I’ll have to check that one out. I’m sure Lincoln was pretty bad-ass, even when he wasn’t off fighting vampires lol.
Have you seen the film? I haven’t yet…had plans too but then heard it was a waste of time. Email me your thoughts on my Lincoln article if you can. I’m looking for some good constructive criticism for the new series.
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No I haven’t seen it yet. It doesn’t look like the kind of movie worth wasting money on. The new series is off to a good start. I didn’t know much about Lincoln, but he sounds like a pretty standup guy.
I’m not at FinCon (obviously hehe, noobie) but, I’m not sure if I would have the courage to go even if I had a chance. <— very shy. Sounds like you had a great time with your party, woohoo! Oh, love that cute puppy picture
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I’m sure you’ll make it next year even if you’re shy. A lot of bloggers are introverts. I’m the same way when meeting new people. By next FinCon you’ll know so many great bloggers that you won’t be able to resist going.
Glad you had a fun Birthday getaway and that your new girlfriend thinks your a great bloke like the rest of us do! Thanks for helping out~ Mr.CBB
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I’ve always wanted to be referred to as a ‘great bloke’
So far me and the new girlfriend seem like a really good match.
Glad you had a great birthday weekend. It’s awesome you took your own advice (ala blogger burnout) and took a good break
We had a fun weekend, did some work on the Pergola (almost finished!) and went to the county fair. Good times all around.
Thanks for the mention Jeremy
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A lot of the advice in that post was really just a reminder to myself. I tend to run into blogger burnout once in a while. So it was something I needed to address. It does seem to come on a lot less these days though.
I want that puppy!
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It is a pretty damn cute puppy. It reminds me of my friend’s puggle. He’s always so excited to see me every time I go over there.
Vancouver Island is such a fantastic place. Just two weeks ago I did the West Coast Trail and it was absolutely amazing. 75km of backpacking along amazing beaches and woodland trails, lots of wonderful people, and great weather (we were very lucky in this regard).
If you can find 5-8 days to just completely get away from everything at some point (since there’s no cellular reception anywhere) then I would highly recommend it.
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I’d love to do the West Coast Trail sometime. The problem is finding the full week to get away from everything. Maybe I’ll try to do that when my blog is more self sustained with staff writers. I do really love spending time on the Island though. Are you from BC too?
Yeah, it’s not exactly easy for a lot of people to find the time to go do something like the Trail, especially when you have zero connection to anything in the outside world while there. The West Coast Trail isn’t going anywhere though so I’m sure you’ll find your chance down the road.
I live in BC but I’m not from there originally, so I haven’t actually been to Vancouver Island many times. Maybe 10 times total, mostly for fishing trips. I do love it every time I’m there though. If it wasn’t for the various transportation issues I would love living there. Maybe when I retire and if I’m tired of travelling…
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That’s probably more times than I’ve been to Vancouver Island, but I grew up in Northern BC. I’d consider moving over there once I’m ready to settle down and have kids. The transportation issue would be rather inconvenient though. I’d hate to take the ferry every time I want to travel.
Give me a shout via e-mail. We’ve had a few meetups with local Vancouver area bloggers. You’d be welcome to come out next time.
Garrett, do you trade currencies? I’m really interested in learning forex.
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What? It takes time to read and respond to dozens of comments?
I didn’t even get the opportunity to drive down for an after-hours meetup.
Yeah I’m kinda jealous of the impersonal bloggers who barely respond to any comments. They must be saving a ton of time. I’d feel like a jerk taking that approach though. That’s too bad that you didn’t get to go down to Denver with it being so close.
You are very welcome for the mention. Your birthday activities were a a lot less sedentary than mine.. I just ate too much!
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That sounds like fun too. I was just trying to squeeze in some outdoor stuff before Vancouver’s other season rolls around….a.k.a. the time of year when it rains a lot.
I wanted to go to FinCon but couldn’t because of it being at the beginning of the month… maybe next year!
We had a good Labor Day weekend but didn’t get anything accomplished… that’s not a bad thing though. Nice to relax sometimes.
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Really? Even the 5th is too early in the month with your work? You’ll have to get in touch with the organizers and push them to host it later in the month next year.
I’m at the Vision Conference in Vegas. Did bring the laptop. I’m a loser!
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Kim!!! I thought we had this discussion about blogger burnout?! Your poor husband. I hope he doesn’t mind losing some of your attention during your anniversary weekend.
Glad to hear you had a great long weekend and birthday! We went up to NYC to see family and a show which was a blast. I definitely would like 3 day weekends to be the norm and not the exception. Thanks for the mention!
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I’d totally agree with you on the 3 day weekend thing, but I’ve been working from home for a while where 3 day weekends don’t mean much to me. I’ve heard that some countries do 4 day work weeks and just put in longer hours each day. I’d be in favor of something like that.
You are doing awesome with your blog, Jeremy. Your blog provides inspiration to lots of newbie including myself. Keep up the good work. I am glad that you had good weekend out.
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Thank you Shilpan. You are very kind. I’ve been enjoying working with you lately.
Happy Birthday man!
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Thanks Mark.
It sounds like I definitely need to make it to fincon next year. I also want to associate a face with a lot of these PF bloggers and see how well they can handle their liquor. They might have better blogs than me but I know I can at least win at the bars
haha
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lol that is one way to impress them Harry. Maybe you can even weasel some favors out of them while they’re drunk.
Happy late birthday; I’m glad you had an awesome b-day weekend.
I miss camping, but I don’t think we’re going to be able to do it again this year.
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Hopefully you can make it out camping next summer. It’s a blast and a nice break away from technology. It’s one trip where you won’t be tempted to bring a laptop.
Sounds like a great bday weekend to me. We have two kayaks. We love it. It is so relaxing.
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I really love kayaking too. When I have a more practical vehicle I’d consider buying my own. For now I just rent them. It’s really enjoyable to get out on the water in the midst of nature.