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by codazoda 1577 days ago
It is extremely rewarding for me.

Like others have said, I write for my future self. I’ve been doing so for about 20 years. It’s extremely rewarding, for me, when someone emails me to say thank you. I’ve gotten emails from people saying I helped them lose 200 lbs (yes 200) or save $1000’s of dollars. That’s pretty rewarding.

For the curious, the person who lost weight was using a calorie tracker I built and wrote a blog post about. The person that saved money followed instructions on how to install old software on newer OS’s, saving them from buying a whole new embroidery machine (something I only did because my Mom needed help with her embroidery hobby).