In the personal finance blogosphere, we know him as “the guy who tried to use baking soda to brush his teeth in an effort to save money, but failed the smell test.”
I wanted to put in a word for Brett McKay at The Frugal Law Student: as one of my favorite bloggers whose no-nonsense stance I’ve always enjoyed, I wasn’t surprised upon finding out that his blog has now been recognized. He’s now been discovered by the ABA Journal where his site is listed as one of the Top 100 Law Blogs also in the running to be best in category.
And while you’re at The Frugal Law Student blog, you may want to see why I subscribe to his content: besides the failed frugal teeth brushing experiment, you can amuse yourself reading about how his wife thinks he has “weakling fingers”, and hear about how his mom cuts his hair so he can save on money. I guess he’s so cool, he even got a newspaper to profile him recently! 
The photo below is in fact, of the real McCoy.
Nice mug
While Brett hits the books studying for his finals, I’ve been wrestling with our real life schedule which has always been full to the brim. The next few weeks, we’ve been invited to tons of children’s birthday parties, Christmas parties, and family reunions (we’re also hosting a couple) so it’ll be interesting to see how I’ll be able to manage our social calendar as well as my blogging schedule.
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I am reducing my student loan debt $30 per year. Which means I’ll be dead before my student loans are.
Perhaps I should try oxidizing my debt rather than reducing it?
MW,
Concentrating on making more money can make a bigger dent on your debt. I know you have said time and again that you are unable to find better jobs, that you have not updated your skills to become more marketable in today’s work environment and so on. Your situation sounds very challenging and it’s actually quite similar to the lives led by some of my family members who’ve had it really difficult no matter how hard they tried. Some in my family have higher degrees but live very modestly and simply. But the one thing they don’t have is debt.
A good start would be not to add any more new debt to your load and focusing on increasing your income asap. If you are not able-bodied then there may be some form of assistance in your community that can help you move forward.
Just a friendly note that focusing all your energy on the glass half empty won’t get you as far as if you are able to look at it half full instead.
So good luck with your endeavors and keep reading everything finance. Hopefully you find inspiration and information from the various resources that are available out there. They’ve done me quite a lot of good!
I like Bretts Blog, I have added it to my favs. Thanks for giving him a little boost.
Jane
Brett’s blog is a great resource. Thanks for the good post.