“Favorite Posts” Archive
Jun
15
Since I have been absolutely consumed with getting my own financial situation under control and locked in with a plan to repay the debt, my reading my fellow bloggers’ sites has been very limited until a few days ago. Both my employer and my doctor have forbidden me from checking work email or otherwise doing any work from home during the duration of my intensive treatment for my illness. So, I figured I would get back to some good Personal Finance blog reading this week. So, without further ado, here are some of my favorite posts this week:
- Tricia, over at Blogging Away Debt has a unique suggestion on how to make some extra money. Another way to make some extra cash, at least in my experience has been with focus groups. One of the companies I have had the most success with is Fieldwork. It doesn’t cost anything to register and the focus groups I have been involved with in the past have paid between $100-$300 for 1-3 hours of work.
- Becoming & Staying Debt Free had a nice post about 7 Ways You Can Join Forces With Friends to Be Frugal. I never really thought of friends as motivation because I always made the assumption, incorrectly as I have learned, that my friends were either in much better financial situations than I found myself or they weren’t comfortable talking about money.
- Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge talked about how to not spoil your kids and ruin your retirement. I caught the original article on SmartMoney.com but I wanted to thank Mapgirl for the great activity suggestion in her post. My daughter’s birthday is in 10 days and she will be visiting me here in Seattle, so I plan on trying this activity out for some cheap fun. Thanks Mapgirl!
- Flexo over at Consumerism Commentary talk about his struggle to save money via brown-bagging his lunch to work each day. Given how tight my budget is going to be for the remainder of this year once all my debt payments kick in, i.e. next month, brown-bagging is going to become an absolute necessity for me.
- Free Money Finance discusses the costs of being overweight. I know for a fact that my company saves at least $2.00 for every $1.00 they spend on my diet and exercise program I discuss at Pound Buy Pound.
- DebtKid discusses the possibility and pros/cons of declaring bankruptcy. Having considered bankruptcy myself, I can empathize with DebtKid
May
6
Another recurring “feature” I am adding is a list of noteworthy posts from other Personal Finance bloggers that I think my readers will appreciate. Without further ado:
- Consumerism Commentary has some great tips on how to avoid killing your net worth
- MyMoneyBlog has some great tips on how to avoid lifestyle inflation, which arguably can put you right back into debt after becoming debt-free.
- Tricia over at Blogging Away Debt has a great reader success story, which frankly has me as inspired as ever to pay down my debt.
- Kevin over at Becoming & Staying Debt Free has a post about an issue I often think about, dating and debt.
- Although not exactly personal finance related, I am a big fan of free stuff, so I must mention Five Cent Nickel’s 2nd anniversary giveaway. There are some GREAT prizes including a 2GB Ipod Nano. Good luck to those who enter.
