Why Blog? Why Now?

Yeah, that's me.

Chugging down a beer bong.

Life was very different for me just 6 short months ago.

It's been 2 months since my college years ended, and the real world has hit me like a freight train. Today I am a professional software developer for a major cruise line. I've gone from frat parties and Thursday nights in the Grove to office cupcakes in the break room. I've been avoiding adulthood like it were the plague, but the time has finally come for me to face it and grow the hell up.

A few months ago I officially moved out of my parents' house and into my girlfriend's condo. Her and I are really great together, which has made the transition from couple to roommates much easier. We can go out to the bars together and down pitcher after pitcher of beer, or we can just hang out on the couch and drink a bottle of wine together.

We've been together for just over a year and we're both staring down the same obstacles heading into the real world. She recently graduated from grad school and has also just started working for another major cruise line. The past few months have been spent trying to stabilize our financial situation as well as our physical fitness.

I have been scouring all of the best and most popular financial blogs in the past few weeks and have found it very challenging to organize all of my thoughts on the matter. As I sat down and tried and take down all of my thoughts regarding personal finance, I realized that there was a seemingly endless list of topics that I needed to do the same for. I resolved to start this blog in hopes of bringing some order to my ideas and allow others to share their input as well.

Just remember, this is merely a gathering of my thoughts and personal opinions. So be considerate...