Author Topic: How did you first find MMM? (Read 32273 times)

Bakari · « **on:** February 29, 2012, 06:02:49 PM »

I have noticed in the comments on the blog (and on the ERE forums) that many of us, like myself, started following MMM way back when he had his first guest post on ERE.
It has since grown from a couple dozen loyal readers to a small movement!

I'm always curios how that happens.
How did you end up here?

Aloysius_Poutine · « **Reply #1 on:** February 29, 2012, 07:33:53 PM »

via reddit.com/r/frugal

Mrs MM · « **Reply #2 on:** February 29, 2012, 08:14:56 PM »

Great question! I'm interested in knowing this too. I voted that I know MMM personally... ;)

Grigory · « **Reply #3 on:** February 29, 2012, 08:20:46 PM »

I learned about MMM from his guest post on ERE. If it weren't for that guest post, I probably wouldn't have discovered this community until Jacob's final "passing of the torch" post. If it weren't for the ERE connection, I probably never would have found MMM's site - I rarely if ever update my blog subscriptions...

arebelspy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 29, 2012, 08:50:35 PM »

Guest post as well. Saw it back last May or whatever it was, and within a day or two had gone back and read every post up to that point, and been hooked on the 'stache ever since.

Guitarist · « **Reply #5 on:** February 29, 2012, 09:20:20 PM »

You know, it's the funniest thing, I honestly can't remember. This is the first FI blog I started reading. I was probably googling stuff about personal finance and retirement planning. This site blew my mind.

Sparafusile · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:37:01 AM »

I came over by way of Lifehacker. Fortunately, I came along earlier enough to easily catch up on previous articles.

kolorado · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:45:24 AM »

I came from ERE. What's weird is that I was Googling savings/money management techniques one day and came across the ERE site. I literally spent 3 minutes there. I saw the reference to MMM, got curious about the name and clicked. It only took 5 minutes of reading the blog for me bookmark it and subscribe. I've actually never really read anything on the ERE site but I did get here from there.

Mike Key · « **Reply #8 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:54:45 AM »

I honestly don't know.

arebelspy · « **Reply #9 on:** March 01, 2012, 08:05:43 AM »

Quote from: Sparafusile on March 01, 2012, 06:37:01 AM

I came over by way of Lifehacker. Fortunately, I came along earlier enough to easily catch up on previous articles.

Ah yeah, I did see it on Lifehacker a bit after I came over from ERE, so I'd have possibly ended up here anyways.

tjt · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2012, 01:24:20 PM »

I have been checking in at Get Rich Slowly for a long time now. On my most recent visit I read a cool article about JD's frugal active retiree neighbor. Then I found a link to ERE and MMM in the comments. Glad I followed the links.

Wrecked · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:58:39 PM »

Interestingly I found out about MMM from a link posted in an off topic post on an automotive forum. It linked to one of MMMs posts about purchasing forclosed properties for rental income.

Co-incidentally, a lot of stuff happenend around the same time (within a two month span) that all gelled together:

-I have always been somewhat frugal, but last year my girlfriend lost her job so we had to figure out ways to stretch our money further (thankfully she has found a new and better job since then).
-Then a guy at work that reports to me introduced me to Rich Dad, Poor Dad which I read and found to be quite insprational although also very flawed. This guy also gave me a lot of other books he downloaded on personal improvement and financial planning. He resigned about two weeks later to do business on his own.
-On the same automotive website I mentioned, there was a long thread mainly focusing on the evils of credit cards and debt in general. It got me to thinking a lot about my mortgage. A poster posted a link to his ftp site that had a lot of financial planning books that I downloded.
- Then there was the real estate thread that got me hooked to MMM and form there I linked to ERE. MMM is more my speed than ERE however.

My mortgage is split into two parts one at a 14% interest rate and one at a 7% interest rate (I live outside the US). My goal now is to pay off the 14% loan by the end of this year and try to pay off the other part as soon as possible after. I am also concentrating more effort on growing my side business. Resigning my job and achieving FI is a long way off for me. However if I can clear of my mortgage I will feel a lot more comfortable taking the risk of resigning my job and concentrating on my business full time.

Marcus

MountainMan · « **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2012, 04:14:42 PM »

Guest post on Early Retirement Extreme.

I had been reading ERE for at least a year and a half prior to that guest post.

DC · « **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2012, 04:15:00 PM »

I found MMM through ERE when Jacob passed the torch. In turn, I found ERE in the John Robb's blog comments section, a resilient communities' aficionado and warfare specialist.

Stackfault · « **Reply #14 on:** March 04, 2012, 05:42:08 PM »

I was reading something about retiring early on another blog and one commenter's advice was something like, "Step 1: follow the advice of Mr. Money Mustache, Step 2: there is no step 2". I just had to check it out and am glad I did.

arebelspy · « **Reply #15 on:** March 04, 2012, 07:31:26 PM »

Quote from: Stackfault on March 04, 2012, 05:42:08 PM

I was reading something about retiring early on another blog and one commenter's advice was something like, "Step 1: follow the advice of Mr. Money Mustache, Step 2: there is no step 2". I just had to check it out and am glad I did.

I think that was one of the comments on a recent Get Rich Slowly ask the readers. If so, that means you're pretty new here.

Welcome! Glad to have you.

MMM has some great content in the archives. I recommend starting at the beginning and reading all the way through, but if that's too daunting, the "random" button on the top of the blog will randomly serve up a blog post from the past and is a great way to dabble in some old posts.

Rich M · « **Reply #16 on:** March 06, 2012, 06:49:29 PM »

"other"

I know his neighbor.

Imperator · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2012, 10:45:37 AM »

I found MMM while procrastinating. ;-)

jimmygibbon · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2012, 02:10:48 AM »

I stumbled upon ERE and in the midst of reading numerous journals on Jacob's forum, I noticed that many posters were mentioning "MMM". I had to know what this was, so I googled "MMM", found this site, and proceeded to read each and every post and comment from the beginning. I have been hooked ever since that day. Thank you for your excellent, extremely well-written blog.

Jimmy

keith · « **Reply #19 on:** March 09, 2012, 09:52:02 PM »

Quote from: MarkCB on February 29, 2012, 07:33:53 PM

via reddit.com/r/frugal

uspsfanalan · « **Reply #20 on:** March 21, 2012, 10:12:54 AM »

I stumbled upon Get Rich Slowly, he had a guest link to ERE and when Jacob went back to work, he passed the mantel to MMM. From there I've been reading this blog and BNL. MMM is my favorite, but I still check the others every couple of days.

skandrae · « **Reply #21 on:** March 21, 2012, 12:17:01 PM »

MMM was one of the links I clicked from J$'s blogroll over at Budgets Are Sexy. ^_^

Mactrader · « **Reply #22 on:** March 21, 2012, 01:42:33 PM »

http://nomoreharvarddebt.com/2011/12/27/mr-money-mustache/

This guy is a high-income earner who burned everything he had to destroy his Harvard MBA debt of $100+k in 10 months. Spoiler: he just did it, a few months ahead of schedule.

fruplicity · « **Reply #23 on:** March 21, 2012, 02:00:29 PM »

I couldn't remember until I browsed the comments and realized it was Lifehacker re: car free living a few months back.

Miyazaki · « **Reply #24 on:** March 23, 2012, 08:56:38 AM »

I read some other forums, including ERE which recommended MMM. Since I came, I instantly became a fan!

Blaise · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2012, 07:40:08 PM »

I had been reading Get Rich Slowly for a couple years, but hadn't read it in a while until I noticed that he had an article about how he sold the site a while back. He talked about achieving FI and it started a debate in the comments section about some good websites about FIRE. Several different people mentioned good old Triple M so I checked it out, and I've been hooked ever since. I read all the articles in a couple of weeks and am just discovering the forums and starting on the reading list. I'm almost finished with the first book, Your Money or Your Life. Absolutely great book, basically reinforces everything on here, with more specific roadmap on how to reach FI.

grantmeaname · « **Reply #26 on:** April 05, 2012, 12:32:00 PM »

I saw the Lifehacker article about the commute in October. I was thinking "these numbers look ridiculous, this guy's full of shit".
And then I read the blog post, and the rest is history.

Mrs MM · « **Reply #27 on:** April 05, 2012, 02:18:40 PM »

Quote from: grantmeaname on April 05, 2012, 12:32:00 PM

I saw the Lifehacker article about the commute in October. I was thinking "these numbers look ridiculous, this guy's full of shit".
And then I read the blog post, and the rest is history.

Hahaha! That is awesome. Welcome!

mm1970 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 15, 2012, 06:11:16 PM »

Someone posted a link on a forum at the Simple LIving Network.

Jason G. · « **Reply #29 on:** April 15, 2012, 08:16:32 PM »

I also found this site through the Lifehacker commuting article.

alex.wilsonii · « **Reply #30 on:** April 19, 2012, 01:54:24 PM »

Quote from: Jason G. on April 15, 2012, 08:16:32 PM

I also found this site through the Lifehacker commuting article.

Me too! In fact, I shared that article from Lifehacker with a co-worker. About 1 week later, she mentioned MMM and I had no idea what she was talking about, so she told me about this blog that Lifehacker's story I'd sent her had used as reference and that she'd read every post in that week's time. That same day I started doing the same and now it's easily my most read financial blog (it was also my first!). We also started carpooling a week or so after that. MMM literally changed my daily life in just a few short weeks!

travelbug · « **Reply #31 on:** June 05, 2012, 09:21:03 PM »

a link or comment via financial samurai, I was just there on a whimsical google search.
C

Dicey · « **Reply #32 on:** June 06, 2012, 12:05:28 AM »

Can't really remember exactly, but it was very early days. Did you perhaps post a comment on The Art of Manliness Blog? Something about mustaches?? One of these days I''ll step into the wayback machine to see if I can recognize the first post I read, but there's so much great stuff being posted lately, who has time? You rock, MMM!

happy · « **Reply #33 on:** June 06, 2012, 04:48:01 AM »

I read a blog called Down to Earth, which is a simple living blog - someone in the comments one day mentioned ERE and I was intrigued and checked it out. My eyes were opened and I avidly read the whole blog and felt a weight lift from my shoulders. It was just after Jacob posted his goodbye post Dec 2011, and I then checked out MMM on his recommendation. And have been a regular reader since, but only just started posting.

kudy · « **Reply #34 on:** June 06, 2012, 09:11:04 AM »

I wrack my brain all the time trying to remember *who* it is that referred me to the site... someone I know in person told me I'd enjoy it, so I looked it up. I really wish I could remember who it was, so I could discuss with them.

CeciliaW · « **Reply #35 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:27:54 AM »

This site was mentioned on Simple Living.

trammatic · « **Reply #36 on:** June 07, 2012, 11:33:46 AM »

I came via NMHD, but funny thing...Ramit from I Will Teach You to be Rich referred me to NMHD. I guess, indirectly, IWTYTBR sent me to MMM. Funny since he seems to be MMM's love/hate personal financer.

sideways8 · « **Reply #37 on:** June 09, 2012, 10:44:41 PM »

I'm another Get Rich Slowly stumber... someone linked the MMM site in the comments. I was immediately intrigued and by the following weekend, I had read through all of the posts!

atelierk · « **Reply #38 on:** June 10, 2012, 05:16:00 AM »

If memory serves, Jacob on ERE mentioned the MMM blog in a post or on Facebook, can't remember which.

darkelenchus · « **Reply #39 on:** June 10, 2012, 06:49:44 AM »

The guest post on ERE.

Bakari · « **Reply #40 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:03:54 PM »

I should have left this an open ended poll!
I didn't realize it was an option at the time.

Arlesby or MrsMM, is that something you can change?

arebelspy · « **Reply #41 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:35:42 PM »

Quote from: Bakari on June 11, 2012, 02:03:54 PM

I should have left this an open ended poll!
I didn't realize it was an option at the time.

Arlesby or MrsMM, is that something you can change?

By "open ended" I assume you mean no deadline, keep it running? If so, I went ahead and changed that.

Also I enjoy hearing how people pronounce my username. It's three (not uncommon) words. You'll figure it out. ;)

grantmeaname · « **Reply #42 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:54:45 PM »

My mind was totally blown the first time I got it...

Will · « **Reply #43 on:** June 11, 2012, 03:12:48 PM »

Hmm, I thought I had answered this already but apparently not! Anyhow, I found out about this blog/forum from seeing a comment or two on the GRS blog. Of course, now I spend more time here!

cdttmm · « **Reply #44 on:** June 11, 2012, 03:35:32 PM »

Quote from: arebelspy on June 11, 2012, 02:35:42 PM

Also I enjoy hearing how people pronounce my username. It's three (not uncommon) words. You'll figure it out. ;)

I thought it was hilarious from the minute I saw it! :)

arebelspy · « **Reply #45 on:** June 11, 2012, 08:14:48 PM »

Quote from: grantmeaname on June 11, 2012, 02:54:45 PM

My mind was totally blown the first time I got it...

Quote from: cdttmm on June 11, 2012, 03:35:32 PM

I thought it was hilarious from the minute I saw it! :)

:D

I've been using this username since about 1996 on various forums and other places, so I've had lots of enjoyment from reactions like these. Many a smacked forehead when at a meetup and mention my username out loud and it clicks for someone who I am.

It's the tendency to read the first three letters as the word "are" that trips people up.

Bakari · « **Reply #46 on:** June 12, 2012, 02:26:40 PM »

Quote from: arebelspy on June 11, 2012, 08:14:48 PM

It's the tendency to read the first three letters as the word "are" that trips people up.

Yup.

Quote

Many a smacked forehead

Yup.

Bank · « **Reply #47 on:** June 12, 2012, 04:01:01 PM »

Someone posted a link to the True Cost of Commuting blog post on Facebook. I spend (spent?) very little time online, and at that that point I read exactly 1 blog (on ultra running) and had never even heard of Reddit, ERE etc. Guess I just got lucky.

winfield · « **Reply #48 on:** June 16, 2012, 01:16:33 PM »

I was searching for Vanguard being that my new employers 401K plan is set up through them. And we all know how large a fan of Vanguard MMM is. Saw the Money Mustache and had to find out what the hell that was.

mustachian.acolyte · « **Reply #49 on:** June 16, 2012, 08:47:40 PM »

It was one of my co-workers. At lunch one day he started talking about, I don't know, how we should pay off all our debt as soon as possible or somesuch. Whatever it was, my preconceived notions were challenged and I called bullshit. Later I read MMM's post on hedonic adaptation and I knew I had found my calling.

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