Carnival of Debt Reduction #132 – The Moving Edition
By Ryan Healy | March 24, 2008
I didn’t move this weekend.
But my brother and his wife did. So I helped them move into their new apartment on Saturday. Despite having multiple people to help, it still took a full work day to get the job done.
Then my parents needed my help emptying their basement because they’ve got builders coming over on Tuesday to start finishing the basement. You think it wouldn’t take long to empty a basement, but my parents’ basement is 3,000 square feet, and it was about 40% full.
So guess what I did yesterday afternoon? Move!
With the exception of Sunday morning (when we had brunch with my in-laws), I spent the entire weekend moving stuff. Hence, “The Moving Edition” of the Carnival of Debt Reduction.
Let’s get started…
Fragile Items – Handle with Care (Editor’s Picks)
- Jason presents Is It Easier to Lose Weight or Pay Down Debt? posted at Frugal Dad.
I enjoyed this post because Jason explains why he feels reducing debt is actually easier than losing weight. And he talks about setting realistic expectations over time. A good read.
- paidtwice presents Debt As The American Way posted at I’ve Paid For This Twice Already…
This post made me laugh because it starts with a discussion of a radio station that planned to play music all the time. No commercials, no fund-raising pitches, nothing. So how did they plan to stay in business? Read this post to find out.
- Ana presents Too Much Debt posted at DebtFREE-Revolution.
This is probably the most passionate post in the Carnival. More of a rant than anything. I can’t say there’s much personally actionable advice, but it’s still definitely worth reading.
- Finance Girl presents Would You Like to Save 49 Cents Today By Opening an Old Navy Card? posted at Finance Gets Personal.
A humorous/serious look at how retail stores attempt to push you into opening new credit cards… and what you can do about it.
Boxes, Boxes, Boxes! – Easy to lift, easy to stack.
- Squawkfox presents Should a gift keep costing? Am I a gift horse? posted at Squawkfox.
- NCN presents 5 Questions To Ask Your Creditors When Making Debt Reduction Payments posted at No Credit Needed.
- NtJS presents How To: Celebrate Being Debt-Free posted at not the jet set.
- Fitz Villafuerte presents On Tea, Debt and Self-Renewal posted at Ready To Be Rich.
- Jacob presents The real reason it is so easy/hard to get ahead posted at Early Retirement Extreme.
- Deb presents How I Got Out of Credit Card Debt posted at American Consumer News.
- BillSpaced presents Getting Out of Debt, Part 1 of an Infinite Series posted at Money Hacks.
- PT presents Debt Target Update: March 2008 posted at Prime Time Money.
Heavy Lifting – Bend at the Knees, Focus & Lift!
- Mr. Debtbeater presents How to Evolve an Envelope Budget System posted at Debtbeater.
- Jim presents How to Pay Off Credit Card Debt (Part I) – Choosing a Strategy posted at Cash Back Ideas.
- David presents 10 Things You Should Know About Debt Management Programs posted at Money Under 30.
- Jonathan Kinard presents Transferring Out of Credit Card Debt posted at Achieving Financial Freedom.
Awkward Items – These almost didn’t fit into the Debt Reduction Moving Truck, but I managed to squeeze them in.
- Moneyshaker presents US Economy Going South?
- KCLau presents Top 5 Regular Monthly Expenses We Don’t Need.
- MBB presents Are Credit Card Rewards Taxable Income?
- Silicon Valley Blogger presents Trick Yourself into Saving More!
- Mr Credit Card presents Who is the CFO of your Household?
Thanks for participating in the Carnival! When you get a moment, please link back and share it with your readers.
And if you’re interested in participating next week, submit your debt reduction articles here.
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20 Responses to “Carnival of Debt Reduction #132 – The Moving Edition”
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March 24th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Thanks for including my post as an editor’s pick! I’m looking forward to reading all of these.
March 24th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Unique way to present this. Great job. Thanks for including me.
March 24th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Great job! Thanks so much for hosting!
March 24th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Thanks for including my post. Great collection of articles. I’ve enjoyed reading most of them.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Thanks for including my post. I’ve put up a post linking back to the carnival. Thanks again!!! This is a valuable service. If you ever need a host, I’m available.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:37 am
You’re welcome!
And so you know, I did NOT include all posts. Some were just too far afield. I really couldn’t fit them in the “truck!”
Thanks, Bill, for linking back to the Carnival.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Thanks for including my post as an editor’s pick. Some great articles included this week!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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March 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
You’re welcome, Frugal Dad! And thanks for linking back. I appreciate it.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
FYI – It seems something is wrong with DebtFREE-Revolution. You can view the home page, but no other links work on the site. All of them produce 404 Page Not Found errors.
I’ll leave Ana’s link up for now so she has a chance to fix her blog. I was able to access her post this morning, so this is a recent problem, and she may not even be aware of it yet.
In the mean time, you can read her post “Too Much Debt” by going to her blog’s home page at:
http://www.debtfree-revolution.com/
The home page is working, just not the individual post pages. Maybe a WordPress database problem…
March 24th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Thanks for leaving the link up, Ryan. While migrating my domain to a new IP, somehow my .htaccess file disappeared :X Of course, this happened right before I headed off for lecture (what timing, huh?) Hopefully I won’t be having much more “adventures in hosting” issues. Carnival round-up will be posted in a day or so :)
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March 26th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Hi Ryan! Thanks for including my post in this awesome carnival! I linked back via Carnivals.
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Thank you, Ana and Squawkfox for the links back to the Carnival. I really appreciate it! (And you, too, PaidTwice!)
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