Do Personal Finance Blogs Have You Thinking About Money Too Much?

I got my mind on my money and my money on my mind. A line that has been stated by almost every hip hop artist in the last decade but yet also holds true for most of us. Also a line that has definitely held true for me on my current trip.

I wrote enough posts to cover me until I came back but my love for writing has me searching for an internet connection to keep you guys updated. All this thinking about money gave me the perfect idea for a weekend post.

I have pretty much always been accountable for my spending over the years, however, since I started blogging about personal finance it really made me “practice what I preach” (I know it’s a lame expression). Before I started Studenomics, I always tried to save an undetermined amount of money while sort of watching my spending. Now after running Studenomics for over 7 months I find myself practicing all sorts of financial theories while always trying to increase my saving and decrease my spending.

I do not see it as a negative that I ponder about my financial situation so much but I do see it as a problem when I concern myself with random financial situations that are beyond my control. For example, the following are financial situations I find myself thinking about randomly:

- When I see someone else spending money frivolously I wonder how hard they worked to make this purchase.

- When I see people in their 60s working hard I wonder what they could have done differently to be retired at this age.

- When someone brags to me about what they have, I try to tell them about frugality and delayed gratification.

I could go on but you guys get the point.

Here’s what I want to know from the readers: whether you run a personal finance blog or you read personal finance blogs, do you think about money way too much?