Last night I participated in a Personal Finance Twitter chat on the subject of holiday savings co-hosted by Craig of BudgetPulse.com, along with the folks from Wisebread.com. It was a lot of fun, and something that I suspect will remain popular going forward.
Basically, participants follow along using a Twitter hashtag which identifies all tweets related to the chat (some of last night’s transcript may even be accessible by searching on “#bp” or viewing here). I’ll try to get the word out ahead of time next week via Twitter and Facebook, and hope you’ll join in the discussion.
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Financial Pet Peeves. The first one hits the nail on the head. (@ Million Dollar Journey)
Eating Less to Be Lighter. Simple advice that most of us can’t seem to follow. (@ mnmlist)
Dining Out vs Groceries. A basic analysis with an obvious outcome. Why do so many people eat at restaurants more than once a month? (@ Debt Free Adventure)
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In answer to the question: “Why do people eat at restaurants more than once a month?” Here are a few reasons:
- they aren’t very good cooks
- they dislike cooking, menu planning, and grocery shopping
- they enjoy the variety a good restaurant provides
- they enjoy the time alone with a spouse to talk without interuption
- they hate cleaning up
- they enjoy getting out of the house
- they have budgeted properly to be able to afford the cost of a restaurant
It was great chatting with you last night via Twitter. I hope as we continue the chats that we’ll get a bigger group for conversation.
Likewise, Gina! I think it was a great idea, and as these chats gain traction, I suspect we’ll get a larger audience. My only worry is that it could become too large, which would make it difficult to keep up with new Tweets – sort of like trying to follow a very busy chat board back in the old days.
Thanks both FrugalDad and Gina for joining the chats as well. There were a lot of people involved, and I know more who wanted to be there but had conflicts last night. I hope you guys had fun and can definitely see this growing and gaining even more traction over time. And of course I would love to co-host a session with you guys if interested at some point. If it does get too big we could think of ideas on how to adjust. Possibly include some video (although I know people want to be anonymous) or think of other ways, but the bigger the better. I look forward to seeing you guys next week.
Sounds interesting… I will see about making the next one.