{"id":1741,"date":"2008-12-11T21:51:49","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T05:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id92-16-autosave-65.html"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T17:48:13","slug":"better-late-than-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1741-better-late-than-never.html","title":{"rendered":"Better Late Than Never"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article in <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/news.ars\/post\/20080924-blog-growth-slows-more-bloggers-are-bringing-home-the-bacon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ars Technica<\/a> stated that Technorati has tracked 133 million blogs since 2002. Consider this blog number 133,000,001.<\/p>\n<p>So what if I am five years or so late getting onto the blogging bandwagon? Better late than never, right?<\/p>\n<p>I mean, really. Will anyone be interested in what I have to say? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>My primary intent in starting this blog is to help those who wish to better manage their personal finances and achieve financial freedom. That and the fact that I needed to pick up a new hobby to keep me busy after spending the last two years of my life as a Little League President!<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming weeks and months, I intend to share the tips I have used over the past twenty years to successfully manage my household budget and home financial plan in order to maintain my financial freedom.<\/p>\n<p>I am an electrical engineer who works in the aerospace industry, so trust me when I say that managing your home finances is not rocket science. I intend to slowly and methodically prove that to you over time. I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy reading what I have to say as much as I know I&#8217;ll enjoy sharing what I know with you.<\/p>\n<p>For now, I just wanted to get this first post under my belt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article in Ars Technica stated that Technorati has tracked 133 million blogs since 2002. Consider this blog number 133,000,001. So what if I am five years or so late getting onto the blogging bandwagon? Better late than never, right? I mean, really. Will anyone be interested in what I have to say? 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