About

Welcome! I’m jim and I’m responsible for all the stuff you read on Blueprint (that’s a photo taken for a New York Times article). I’m a twenty-something recent university grad who entered the “real world” and found that college life was probably a lot more fun and a lot less stressful. I’ve been interested in personal finance ever since I was given $20 on my birthday and discovered how much it could actually buy.

Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is a personal finance blog where I plan to discuss matters of shopping, insurance, investing, retirement, loans, credit cards, mortgages, bargain hunting and other issues related to personal finance. What you will find at Blueprint is a personal finance novice struggling to understand some pretty complex and confusing topics. I’m by no means an expert on anything and I don’t claim to be - you will learn as I learn, struggle as I struggle, and hopefully, together, we can avoid some of the common mistakes we would otherwise fall prey to.

I hope to rely on you as much as you rely on me. As I wrote earlier, I’m not an expert, I’m just a normal person like you, and I hope that we can build a community where we can help each other learn the complexities of personal finance. I found that many of my friends didn’t care as much about finances; I wanted somewhere I could discuss these things with people who know where I’m coming from and are interested in the subject. I have to say I’ve found a lot of blogs (I’ve linked to the ones I frequently read and enjoy) and interacted with some very nice people - you should check them all out. I think you’ll find you can email or IM any of them out of the blue and get a thoughtful response on any topic whatsoever.

Reaching Me:
If you would ever like to contact me for anything at all, you can use this contact form. I try to answer every email I receive as timely as possible.

Well, thank you for taking the time to learn a little about who I am, I am flattered you are interested and I invite you to have fun with Blueprint and post anything that ever comes to your mind. Cheers!