I began to chase bonuses and study the balance transfer game in March, just before Mrs. Rocket was to give birth to our third child. I hoped to generate enough money to cover our budget losses while she was not working and help pay hospital expenses. We have pretty much broken even on that venture. I would like to have gotten ahead financially, but I am thankful for the knowledge from Hustler and other personal finance bloggers that allowed me to successfully make up the loss in income without getting another job.

My goal for Rocket Finance is to create an alternate stream of income that will allow Mrs. Rocket to quit her part-time job. I have a long way to go, but I have derived benefits from personal finance blogging beyond the thirty-two dollars and ten cents:

1) I have enjoyed networking with other bloggers. The internet can be a cool place.
2) The challenge of finding creative ways to market the blog and then find content for Rocket Finance is thrilling.
3) I have learned so many things about money from other bloggers. My favorites are linked on the right. The blog motivated me to faithfully read their content.
4) The money I have made/saved by reading the blogs at the right is a whole lot more than $32.10.
5) I am not a “tekkie”, but I am learning a great deal about technology, just through my own research. The blog motivates me.

I don’t know if the world has more room for another personal finance blogger and I’m not sure of my exact area of expertise or niche, however the last 32 days have been fun and profitable.

Check in with me after another 32.

So far, Chase Bank has been very good to my wife and I. I will share the our list of Chase bonuses for which we have qualified in a later post. Suffice it to say that J.P. Morgan Chase has be “very, very good to me”.