Welcome back to the Frugal Bookworm! My blog has been tragically dormant for well over a year now. What happened? Life! In 2008, just a few days before school started, I got a phone call which changed my life. The principal of our town’s high school called and asked if I could take a job immediately. To make a long story short, I started as a long-term substitute, was hired full-time in December 2008 and the rest is history! I am now in my second year of teaching high school history, and I love it! As the first year was baptism by fire, unfortunately I had to let a lot of things slide, including the Frugal Bookworm. It is a new year, however, and in 2010, I am committed to dusting off the Frugal Bookworm and getting right back to where we left off!
In the past few months, you, my dear readers, have been on my mind a lot. Before I took my extended blogging break, I struggled to find my niche in the blogging world. Many of you are already devoted readers of Crystal Paine’s MoneySavingMom and Heather’s Freebies4Mom, so I don’t want to be repetitive. I’ve decided to focus the Frugal Bookworm on three major themes: “the frugal”, “the bookworm”, and “the Frugal Bookworm.”
Okay, so at the risk of sounding very simplistic, let explain. In focusing on “the frugal”, I’m going to talk a lot about my experiences with personal finance and frugality. I’ve had some great successes but I also have had some failures, and I hope I can help you by sharing my personal journey. As far as “the bookworm” goes, I am a self-proclaimed nerd (and proud of it)! I am proud of my status as a “bookworm”, so I will be sharing some of my adventures as a bookworm. I am fascinated with personal productivity and improvement…how can I change my life to be more efficient and effective in the things I do? Some of my bright ideas work out really great, and some blow up in my face! And finally, “The Frugal Bookworm”…well, that’s me! I’ll share with you some of my personal goals and resolutions for 2010. There’s going to be a major theme emerging in some of my goals, focusing on “30”…yes, I hit the big 3-0 this year!
What can you expect weekly at the Frugal Bookworm? You can expect at least three blogs a week, each focusing on one of the themes I just mentioned. Some weeks, I might miss an entry, and some weeks, you might get more entries than you bargained for…such is the life of a schoolteacher! In fact, right now we’re in the middle of two major snowstorms, so you can expect a busy week of blogging! Please, leave comments and let me know what you think! I’m so excited about the new direction of the Frugal Bookworm, and I can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
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