Comments on: Declining a Million Dollar Deal, and My Upcoming Sabbatical (You Won’t Want to Miss This One ;))

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:16:25 +0000

In reply to Actuaryonfire. Oh man, almost 10 months now since this whole ordeal! Love that we can go back and read our thoughts over time as bloggers :) Glad you enjoyed it!

By: Actuaryonfire

Actuaryonfire — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:53:53 +0000

Great post, thanks for sharing and what a roller coaster!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:43:29 +0000

Thanks so much :) It’s been a helluva journey so far since deciding this (tons of ups AND downs!) but so far still happy with the decision! I would still like to earn that million dollars though, haha…

By: The Savvy Couple

The Savvy Couple — Mon, 08 May 2017 22:19:36 +0000

Absolutely incredible post. We actually got directed here to something M$M posted. Glad we took the time to read this.

It’s pretty showing what kind of individual you are for not selling your sites after an offer like that. I love the motivation you have!

We have loved reading your blog posts for almost a year now and glad you are going to continue to do so.

Looking forward to continuing to see your journey as your blogs continue to grow.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:46:35 +0000

In reply to okcupid2. Hah! Cool you're still poking around finance blogs after all these years :) Good luck w/ the new venture!

By: okcupid2

okcupid2 — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 08:48:36 +0000

good, I’m glad you’re sticking around J$. I vaguely remember e-mailing you circa 2009 when I was thinking about starting a blog. It certainly took me long enough

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 11:41:43 +0000

In reply to Sarah L.

I’m glad you’re enjoying the blog – definitely sticking around for many years to come :) Very good y’all are still debt-free too despite all the changes! It always saddens me to hear how little teachers get paid when their job is SOO important. Good for your husband for making such a difference in those kids’ lives though. I hope things get better for y’all, and you at least keep up the motivation with our blog community here! :)

By: Sarah L

Sarah L — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:03:54 +0000

I just found you a few days ago, and had been reading older posts, when I clicked this morning to see what the new stuff was. I admit, my heart fell into my stomach when I thought you had sold your blog. Nothing wrong if you do, it’s yours, you worked so hard to make it, I just felt sad for a minute because several times now I have fallen in love with a blog, and felt like it was modivation and each time they sell, the whole look chages and the articles become recycled fluff, short and uninspiring. One I used to love, a few months after hisdeal, he divorced his wife, and guest posts turned more into which organic chocolate was the best to buy or why cage free eggs are better even if they cost more. Total disappointment.

I’ll be enjoying reading your archives for a while! I always need inspiration. My husband is a teacher, and hasn’t had a raise for 4 years, but insurance has jumped up each year 20 percent or more, we have 2 kids, and while no debt, our cars are older, 11 and 13 years, I’ve started working about 10 hours a week til the youngest is in kindergarten and our take home is about $2400 a month. It’s kind of hard sometimes, because we can’t save as much as we want, or do as much, and there’s no forsee able increase for teachers, but we are managing to stay out of debt at least.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:58:32 +0000

In reply to Mitch Mitchell.

Haha, thanks man. Feels like so long ago all of this but was only last month! Already back now and in action and feels GOOD :)

https://eliteedgemoney.com/2016/12/learned-from-blog-sabbatical/

Thanks for stopping by.

By: Mitch Mitchell

Mitch Mitchell — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 02:27:37 +0000

Wow, that had to be a really tough choice! As much as I’d have loved the bid, I’d have either just sold it outright and moved on or did what you did and decided I was going to go all in and keep the blogs. The last thing I’d have wanted to do was be an exclusive writer for someone else on “my site”, which it still would have been. At least for what they were offering you; remember some years back when this kid sold his blog for $15 million and agreed to write for a couple more years? Now there’s a deal I’d have taken! :-)

I wish you great success and I hope you’re enjoying your time off.