Not everyone who posts up their monthly earnings is making money in their thousands. I’m such an example. Sharing or not sharing that info is a personal choice.

One of the things you mentioned here is that you were taught that talking about money was tacky – you’re responding from that place. I was taught that there’s never enough money, that you need to work yourself silly over 3 low-paid jobs rather than get one well-paid job. The realisation of what I’ve learnt from my parents is one thing – whether I choose to do something about it (unlearn it), or whether I feel I need to do something about it, is another.

take care and thanks for broaching the topic…

When someone asks my father a question that he thinks is too personal, he just says, “Well if anyone asks you, you just tell them that you don’t know…” This might work for you, too.

My partner’s aunt is CONSTANTLY asking us how much money we have for income. And I am not talking about questions such as ” do you make good money at your job?”! No, I am talking about direct questions such as ” how much money do you make an hour?” or ” how much money do you bring home every month?”! To me, it is appalling that they ask! They are much older than us, and have much more money than we do, so what concern is it of their’s? The only thing I can think of as to why they ask is because we rent from them, and they want to know if they can charge us more in rent! Of course, when they do ask, I always answer with my famous line of “I make enough to pay my bills”! I just do NOT understand where people feel so comfortable enough to ask another individual, related or not, how much money they make! I have never cared to know how much others make at their job, and I wish that others would feel the same way about mine!

I didn’t look at the blog at first because it was down. I saw the post at WAHM at it was very vague.

The writer did say her income was from 21 writing projects. I don’t know what types of projects or the rates though.

With Carson, he issued a challenge to himself (with much fanfare) to earn $100,000 in a year and posted updates. His rates were also listed at his website so we could see what he charged. We knew what kind of writing he took on and how much time he spent on different projects. He didn’t just go to different forums and say “I made $7500 last mont.”

Please don’t read into this that I’m not supportive, because I am. I applaud the writer for surpassing her goals. I just feel if a someone is going to post income as a motivator for others, they’re going to have to tell how they came about that total. Are these academic papers? Does she sell PLR? Is she a journalist? Do all her clients pay the same fee…and who set the fee?

Lots of considerations..and support.

I would also like to enter the playing field and I need the rulebook-rates etc.