I’ve been doing some thinking guys (never a safe thing) and given the uncertain economic times we find ourselves in and understanding that divorced men are especially vulnerable to such circumstances it seems like it might be a good time to introduce a new regular feature on our blog. Basically what I’ve in mind is an on-going series of posts that give “survival tips” about how to get by on less. The topics will vary across a broad range of subject matter from clipping coupons to putting in a small garden, from how to cut down on utility bills to ways to generate a bit of side income. The individual posts will focus on individual topics instead of presenting a list of ideas; this way we will be able to share more details on the practical application side. Some of the ideas may seem small or minimal money savers but the idea is that small savings add up quick. Save a couple dollars a day and over the course of a year you have a nice Christmas for your kids or a nice added payment against the principle of your house or car loan.
We’ll also be encouraging each of you to share practical, money saving, advice as well. Nearly everyone has a trick or two up their sleeve for saving a buck here or there. Just respond in the comments section with your tip or idea so that everyone else can benefit. If you send in an especially good, original idea we may even contact you and ask you to elaborate a bit by doing a guest post for us. The idea here men is to help each other out a bit as we face these tough times. Even those of us who have been doing the post-divorce thing for a while appreciate the occasional tip in this area and I know there are a lot of men still very new to it or who are really struggling due to a lack of employment and/or large child support and alimony judgments. For them every dime they can squeeze out of their income is of huge importance! If you’d like you can leave the comment directly or you can send us an e-mail at divorced-dudes@dudesndivorce.com
Finally; we’ll work on getting one of these up about every week although we’re going to focus more on quality than on quantity so we may have two on some weeks and none on others. A lot of that will depend on the amount of input we get from our readers.
I’m excited about this idea and I really believe it has the potential to help all of us make it through these tough economic times in much better shape.
Be well!
Bill
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