Money – it controls our lives, determines our happiness in some ways more than others, and makes us live out our dreams or huddle in depression.
In the short existence of this blog, I have been trying to explore this powerful force of human creation to figure out how to best manage it.
How do we use money to work for us? How do we make more of it, spend less, save more and invest? Perhaps making more money is not the answer? These are all the difficult questions I’ve been trying to find answers to.
With a new year on the horizon, my curiosity about money and its powerful influence on our lives has only grown. Thanks to all of you who have subscribed, shared posts on Twitter or Facebook and fueled meaningful discussion in comments, Pelican on Money lives.
Thank you!
Before moving on to a new year that is likely to be full of blogging adventures, I would like to highlight some of the most popular and most read posts of 2012. Here’s what sparked the most conversation and attracted the most curiosity in 2012:
1) 34 Money Tips from Top Personal Finance Bloggers
Who better to give personal finance tips than yourself? I wanted to hear what you had to say and you were kind enough to give us your best advice on how to manage money.
2) 10 Habits of Successful People
As humans, we learn by imitating others. We did it as babies and continue doing it as adults. Successful people set good examples for us to follow. We can only hope that imitating them will lead to better money management and wealth creation.
3) Making Money from Home – Is it Possible?
One of my goals is to figure out how to make extra money from home. I shared my personal experiences from the past and discussed some of the challenges that keep us from achieving our goal of earning money while working at home.
The most popular post on Pelican on Money shows what type of vehicles are out there that keep our spending to a minimum. Most of us rely on driving to get us to work, and many choose the cheapest cars available to get the task done.
5) 10 Cheap and Practical Gift Card Ideas that Don’t Suck
We all want to show our loved ones how much we care about them. This holiday many chose to opt in for practical gift cards that save money yet make our loved ones feel appreciated.
I hope you enjoyed reading these posts as much as I enjoyed writing them. Blue Pelican (offering online payday loans) would never be the way that it is today without you.
Happy Holidays!
~Veronica
Happy Holidays!!!
Just an FYI – your links don’t work – you have forgotten to add the /blog/ shell after the doman!
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Thanks, fixed. I actually copied and pasted them, and WordPress took out /blog/ part for some reason…
I hear you’re going to Scotland? Take some pics
Happy Holidays to you!
Great idea for a post Veronica! I would agree that my curiosity about money and it’s value has only grown over the past four months and look forward to where it goes in the next year. Have a Merry Christmas if I don’t talk to you before Veronica!
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Thank you John. I’m still very curious how and why people a) get careless about money when they become well off and b) why we don’t have good financial education in this country. I’d like to find answers to both.
Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays back at ya!
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Thanks Holly! Can’t wait to get home and sip on some eggnog!
Happy Holidays to you as well! I like this post idea! I might have to steal the idea and list my “top posts” of 2012″ as well. You definitely had some quality ones, looking forward to reading yours posts in 2013!
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Feel free to steal it away
I actually stole it from another blogger who did a webinar on SEOMoz.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you David!
Happy holidays Veronica!
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Thanks Pauline!
Thanks for those links! I’ll be sure to check the out over the quiet holiday!
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Now that we’re still alive, we can relax and read some PF blogs over the break
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Holidays Veronica!!!
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Thank you Mackenzie. Enjoy your 24 hours of Christmas Story!
Have a great holiday season Veronica! It’s interesting which posts turn out to be most popular, isn’t it? We’re doing the same thing next week.
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Indeed! I never thought the car post would have gotten the most views. In terms of popularity it wasn’t that great, but Google absolutely loves it.
The gift card post is getting a lot of traffic too, and is making me some money (woohoo!)
Happy Holidays to you too!
I will never understand how posts I think are great just sit there and ones I think were not so helpful get tons of comments, like a turkey carcass recipe! Enjoy your weekend.
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Thanks Kim. I know what you mean, sometimes the stuff we think nobody will care about actually gets the most comments. Like the post about what kind of car do you drive… everyone had something to say about that!
We’ve got to learn money is a ‘tool’; use it wisely. Control it, don’t let it control you.
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Happy Holidays!
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Thank You Jessica!
Merry Christmas Veronica! Thanks for the help here and there with my blog. That first post on your list was great. I’ll have to check out the Making Money From Home post – that sounds like a good one.
No problem, if you ever run into anything you need help with, let me know.
Thanks for highlighting these articles. I’ll definitely have to go back and read these. Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year to you!
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Happy New Year, girlie! Can not wait to see what 2013 has in store for us.
“Ten Habits of Successful People” was an awesome article—definitely a favorite of mine.
Thanks, I’m looking forward to getting back into this stuff
Great list! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season; best wishes for 2013!
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Thank you. I had a great time, but as always too short! Haha.
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Hope you had a great time throughout the holidays, i’m abit late reading this I know, but sure you had a blast!