100th Post, Call for Suggestions, and a Giveaway
Wow, this is my 100th post. I started the blog Modern Gal, almost on a whim, having envied what I thought was the fun that so many blog writers seemed to be having, while me, a passive but sometimes commenting, blog reader was missing out on. As I had previously alluded, my original intent back in December was to blog about my experiences of leaving corporate life, discuss investment strategies that create long-term income streams, and to explore living in a more frugal and sustainable way. Also, I have noticed with several of my women friends have suffered from a myriad of health issues that I thought were at least partially due to lifestyle considerations related to over-work and over-stress. I became interested in healthy eating, exercise, and stress management and thought that might be of interest to blog readers. This has led to blogging about food, recipes, and creative ways to eat more vegetables.
The experience blogging has overall been quite fun, learning about wordpress, SEO terms, finding new blogs to peruse and some to devour and visit regularly. I’ve also enjoyed the commenters that have offered encouragement, interesting observations and their own views for readers.
And now it’s the opportunities for the readers to have their input on what they want to see on this blog. So, please leave a comment below indicating topics or areas that you would like to see covered in the future. What do you want more of: personal anecdotes, specifics on investing plans, career advice, etc… If you are following more the frugal living and healthy recipes parts of the blogs, what would you like to see more of here. I’m interested in getting your input.
And if you leave a comment below, as a way to say thanks to all of the readers and commenters, I will randomly select one commenter to receive your choice of a copy of Big Green Cookbook: Hundreds of Planet-Pleasing Recipes and Tips for a Luscious, Low-Carbon Lifestyle OR a copy of Going Broke: Why Americans Can’t Hold On To Their Money.
So, please leave a comment with your suggestion below of what you want to see on the blog.
Good luck, and I’ll accept comments as entries to the giveaway until noon Eastern time on Saturday, May 9th.
I love your recipes,so I would love to see a pictures to see if I am doing them right, but other than that i love all that you put out!!
Hi Elizabeth. I’m a relative newcomer to your blog and it’s quickly become one of my very favourite reads. I’m interested in investing, frugality and health/wellbeing/food and you combine these diverse matters beautifully. I really enjoy your writing style and your kind and gentle approach. If I had to pick two subject areas for you to write further on, I’d select approaches to investment and personal anecdotes about frugality – the former as I’m keen to learn more and the latter because stories of people living more simply is inspiring and makes one feel less alone in one’s own efforts. Mostly, though, just keep on doing what you’re doing – your blog is wonderful!
Hope your Sunday is well..
julie
Hi Courtney, I would also love to see pictures. I planned all along to have photos of the finished recipes, but, even with my high mega-pixel digital camera, I haven’t been pleased with the results. I need to do some more experimenting. Hopefully, pictures will be added in several weeks. And, thanks very much for testing some of the recipes and posting about it. I love feedback like that.
Julie, I definitely plan to write more personal anecdotes, both on my own investment experience, and on frugal, simpler living. I have struggled a bit to find the voice that I want to blog in for the financially related post, but I’m gravitating toward weaving in more personal stories and observations. Thanks for the kind words on the blog. Sometimes I think covering both food/healthy living and personal finance means this is really two blogs in one. I hope to tie those together a bit more by involving more personal commentary.
Thanks so much to both of you for reading and commenting.
Hi, I’ve tried a bunch of your healthy-and-frugal recipes, and they’re great! More, please. I also like the way the recipes fit together with what you say about lifestyle and finances. Maybe you could write about how these can reinforce how people think about their lives as they are working to change them. Thanks!
Hi Kyle, thanks for the suggestions and for trying out the recipes! I do plan more introspective types of posts that deal with the psychological, social, and emotional elements of trying to move to a simpler lifestyle. I think that too many recommendations on frugal living tend to neglect reflecting on the mental challenges. Thanks for commenting.
Elizabeth – I’m also a relatively new reader (since the interview with Jacob) and I too would like to see more blogging about investments and how you make a living without a 9-5 job. Thanks.
Hi Kevin, another vote for more on investments. Thanks for commenting.
Hi, I just discovered your blog – I’m reading through the archives – and I would like to see more personal stories about food, frugality, etc. You have a lovely writing voice.
Hi Sally, another vote for more personal stories. As I had previously mentioned, shortly after beginning this blog, the hubby accidentally revealed the blog to my father in-law who started asking if we were having money troubles. It made me a little shy to blog about a lot of personal money and frugality issues. Hopefully, that hesitation has passed. I definitely have been trying to shift to more personal stories and anecdotes. Thanks so much for commenting.