Step 1: Start a Blog

So I was putting away pizza toppings at work tonight, when I was struck with the brilliant idea to start a daily blog and call it "How to Get Rich Slowly."  As you can see, I followed through with that.  So here's all the pertinent information regarding who I am, and what this blog is for.

Me:
-My name's Sarah, you can call me Sarah.  Actually, you can call me whatever you'd like, but I'm most likely to respond if you call me Sarah.

-I'm still technically 26 years old right now, but my birthday's in February, so I'm just a shade closer to 27.  Clearly I am either still young enough to freely admit my age, or my "LIE ABOUT YOUR AGE AT ALL COSTS!" gland failed to develop properly during adolescence.

-I live at home.  That is to say, I live with my mommy.  I'm not sorry.

-I work at a gas station.  I alternate between working on the cash register and working in the pizza kitchen, but no matter what I currently only make $7.50 and hour, and only work about 20 hours a week.

-My checking account currently has less than $400 in it, and that's after weeks of saving.  It should be noted that most of that will be spent when a friend of mine comes for a weeklong visit starting next Saturday.

-I have a cat, Toes, who is currently the love of my life.  Actually, if you either are or know a pet owner, then it'll make perfect sense for me to tell you that he will always be the love of my life.  If you don't understand, I will never be able to explain that to you, so just smile and nod and make the crazy sign around your temple when you think I'm not looking.  He'll probably be mentioned frequently, as both a source of entertainment and a source of financial woe. (His shots are coming up due, now I think about it...)

-So, to recap: I have, essentially, NOTHING to start me out on this Grand Adventure.  I have a cat.  I own nothing but said cat, and he is expensive, I earn practically nothing.  We're starting from scratch, but we're gonna get there, by golly! (I said it, you wanna fight about it?) 

This Blog:
-Came to me as a burst of sudden inspiration.  I was, as I said, dumping sausage and beef into buckets, and thinking about how Kristina Horner has been presented with an opportunity to go to Antarctica, and all because she actively and interestingly keeps a blog, when I thought, "Hey!  I could keep a blog!  But what would I call it?"  (/run on sentence)  I kicked that around for a bit.  I thought about my goals in life, and the one that stood out the most was to have the financial freedom to be able to just do whatever I wanted, or not do whatever I didn't want. Who doesn't want that, right?  So, with that thought in mind, I thought of titles.  Immediately "How to Get Rich" came to mind, but it seemed to instructional, and from all the literature I've read about it, you pretty much already have to BE rich to GET rich.  Feh.  So "How to Get Rich Quick" followed, and was shot down before it even finished forming as a thought in my head because the big red SCAM! stamp got there first.  Then I was reminded of how I've been teased for not being in a hurry to do anything ever, and there it was: How to Get Rich Slowly.

-Basically, each day, I'll just share my day with you, sometimes funny, sometimes melancholy, and many times perfectly mundane.  At the end, I'll try to reflect on how this has either positively or negatively impacted my goal of financial freedom. We'll say the blog has been a success when I've got $100,000 in my checking account, fair enough?  I WILL DO MY BEST NOT TO BE BORING ABOUT IT!  My goal is to mostly be entertaining.  I mean, a poor kid trying to get rich, how could this NOT result in some hilarity, amirite?

-There will sometimes be pictures.  Because I can.

-I will NOT be monetizing this blog, as I feel that's cheating.

Current Financial Status: Multi-Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $52.50 - taxes
Money Spent Today: $2.00