I can’t believe it—today marks the one-year anniversary of Help Your Finances! When I launched this website, I wasn’t sure where it would lead. But one thing was clear: I had a passion for sharing financial knowledge, educating others, and growing alongside my readers.
Why I Started Help Your Finances
From the start, this website had a clear mission:
- Helping friends and family – I’ve always been the go-to person for financial, investing, and accounting questions. Instead of answering the same questions repeatedly, I decided to create a resource where people could find the information they needed anytime.
- Sharing my thoughts – I constantly explore new financial topics, workplace challenges, and investment strategies. This website became my outlet to document my insights and discoveries.
- Encouraging people to invest – Coming from an immigrant family with little financial knowledge, I didn’t grow up understanding the power of investing. Had I started earlier, my financial situation would be even stronger today. My goal is to help others start investing sooner and build a better financial future.
What This Journey Has Taught Me
Running Help Your Finances has been a transformative experience, teaching me valuable lessons along the way:
- Sharpening my writing skills – Writing three to four articles per week has pushed me to improve my clarity, conciseness, and engagement with readers.
- Deepening my knowledge – Every article I write challenges me to research thoroughly before sharing insights. Whether it’s tariffs, AI, taxes, finance, accounting, investing, or even photography—these are all topics I’ve explored. Anytime I hear a new concept, it piques my interest, pushing me to learn and share. Hopefully, my content has been valuable to others.
- Impacting others – One of the most rewarding moments came recently when a friend told me his son had been reading HelpYourFinances.com. Instead of spending all his money, he started investing and even encouraged his family to do the same. Hearing stories like this reinforces why I started this journey in the first place.
Where I’m Headed
As Help Your Finances enters its second year, I’m setting new goals:
- Keep learning – The world of finance is constantly evolving, and I want to keep exploring new ideas and sharing them with you.
- Improve communication – Writing is one thing, but making complex financial concepts easy to understand is another. I aim to refine my ability to simplify and explain key topics.
- Be a resource and inspiration – If this website helps just one person feel more confident about their finances, then it’s fulfilling its purpose.
Looking Ahead: Keep Investing!
If you’ve been with me since my very first article—Invest $50 Weekly in VOO: Higher Returns Than a Latte—you’ll know I’m still following that strategy. Right now, the market is going through a rough patch, with prices dropping for multiple days in a row. My position currently holds a 10% unrealized gain, down from a peak of 20%.
But guess what? This is the perfect time to buy. Market downturns provide opportunities for long-term investors to accumulate shares at a discount. Stay the course, keep dollar-cost averaging, and let’s check back in a year to see where we stand.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Help Your Finances over the past year. My goal is for this website to continue reaching more people and challenging me to be better—for myself and for others. Here’s to another year of learning, growing, and investing together!
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