Week 11: The Financial Diet

https://thefinancialdiet.com/

The idea of personal finance is a topic that is not often discussed from a young age.  I really believe that there is a lack of education around the topic of personal finance and how you should manage it.  No one in high school or college ever explained to us how taxes work or how to save for the future or buy a house.  Thankfully the internet is now available to the younger generation and is an invaluable tool in the personal education of finance.

One of my favorite educational blogs is called "https://thefinancialdiet.com/", which is run by two women who's mission it is to educate the youth about the importance of understanding personal finance.  They made a lot of mistakes in their financial past, which they learned from and now are able to educate others so they will not make the same mistakes that they had made.  Their content shows how the reader can use the information they provide to create a financially stable life.  The topics they cover all relate to personal finance, but they do focus on the college years and how to be smart with your money before and after school.  This is something that may college students can benefit from and will help students to avoid mistakes in their lives.

Some of their motivational strategies are to use catching titles for all of their blog posts that will motivate the reader to click on that topic and learn more.  This is shown through there use of numbering steps in a majority of their posts in order to make the content seem easy to manage for the reader.  By having the reader feel confident in their ability the writers are motivating the reader to accomplish the steps that they set forth.

This blog is mainly geared toward young women, but in reality any young person can benefit that was never given an education around personal finance.  They also show that this is for a younger audience by making their site very modern and directed most of their content toward the younger generation.  The authors are also only in their 30s so they represent a younger author who gears their experience toward the main people who need the advice: the younger generation.