TStrump’s last blog post: Getting Out of the Home Office

I do have to agree with the above commenter who said that women have a tendency to downplay or backpedal themselves, although I don’t think this was what Cath was arguing.

Kelly from Almost Frugal’s last blog post: Turning a Hobby Into a Job

I think it’s okay, though. Because there are tons of PF blogs about how to do things perfectly. My blog is about personal finance in the real world. The one when you’re busy and exhausted and still have eight more things to do by tomorrow. And if you’re *really* good, you’ll get four done.

It’s about how to make the best of the abilities you do have, rather than focus on all the things you’re not doing by the PF book. My natural inclination is the latter. But I’m working hard on the former. Even people who don’t have disabilities are going to be frustrated by their basic human natures. So everyone can relate to mistakes made, and most can share stories about how they dealt with the repercussions of the mistakes or at least learned to avoid it in the future.

The thing to remember is that most PF bloggers aren’t PF experts. They’re experts at their own finances. They’re experts at what works for them (and perhaps people they know). When people want advice, they read books. When they want inspiration or ideas or just a companion down the long road of debt reduction, then they come to blogs.

Abigail’s last blog post: A house shouldn’t be a priority

But personal finance blogging? There, the daily ups and downs, mistakes and visits from Murphy are all important and actually the most helpful.

However, while I try to post honestly, I sometimes obscure my less-than-stellar financial moves. For example, regular readers know that I tend to reduce my indebtedness (which is mostly mortgage and credit card debt) by around $800 a month–yet recently, I only managed an $81 reduction. Hmm–could a faithful reader detect some credit card useage in there?

Grace’s last blog post: Moving Florence Up Front

There are some great comments on the article about ways in which you can be honest about where your business is but frame it in terms of successes, not failures.

Only a woman would write an absurd article that you should dilute your success or think about whether you really are successful. No man would ever think that way.

She thinks they won’t buy from you if you have a pile of cash. What, she likes buying from someone about to go under? Success is a GOOD THING in a small business. It means you DELIVER.

As for blogging, people like the schadenfreude posts about failure in business, but the success ones are really more useful. Like how to get an accountant, keep your clients, and so on.