Subscribe to RSSDebtFREE-Revolution has posted Carnival #139
It’s off to the debtors’ prison with this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction over at DebtFREE-Revolution. Tidbits about the debtors’ prison are scattered throughout this week’s 25 entries.
So head on over to check it out!
Flashback: Cut your expenses a bit
Free Money Finance hosted Carnival of Debt Reduction #33, and this week’s Flashback comes from Debt Sense: Cutting Expenses.
In order to make extra payments toward credit card balance it helps to find places to cut expenses. Here are six places that Debt Sense suggests:
- Move to a less-expensive apartment. Or get a roommate if that’s possible.
- Cut utility costs. Get rid of cable or just conserve energy.
- Look for extras to cut. Nice-to-haves can be had later after the credit card balances are gone.
- Be a grocery cheapskate. Shop smarter.
- Skip the land line. If you can get by with just one type of phone, it costs less.
- Drive smart. Watch the speed and the extra trips.
There are as many other ways to cut expenses as there are hairs on your head. (Unless you’re bald. Then there are as many ways to cut expenses as there are grains of sand on the beach.)
Rocket Finance has posted the Carnival!
A big thank-you to Rocket Finance for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction! Two of this week’s submissions caught his eye:
- Not the Jet Set proclaims the frugal virtues of frozen pizza.
- The Digerati Life suggests ways to make 10 ordinary things last longer.
Enjoy the rest of this week’s articles at the Carnival! Next week DebtFree-Revolution hosts! (BlogCarnival.com says that the carnival is here next week but it’s actually over at DebtFree-Revolution; working through a technical glitch for the time being.)
Flashback: Blog away your debt
Consumerism Commentary hosted Carnival of Debt Reduction #32, and this week’s Flashback comes from Money and Investing: Blog for Debt.
This blogger had only $300 in consumer debt but getting a blog, monetizing it, and putting the income toward the debt is a great way to pay it off. Others have successfully gotten rid of a lot of debt. The Carnival of Debt Reduction’s regular contributors and hosts are living proof that this money-making activity helps reduce the debt. Two that come to mind immediately are No Credit Needed and Blogging Away Debt.
You don’t have to blog away your debt but it’s certainly easy to get started doing this. It can cost nothing, and there are ready-made communities like the No Credit Needed Network to get you off on the right foot.
Broke Grad Student has posted the Carnival
A big thank-you to Broke Grad Student for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction! Here were four posts that made Editor’s Pick this week:
- My Daily Dollars tells about how one phone call to her credit card company saved her $1,000
- Living the Cheap Life exposes the real truth about credit cards and why Dave Ramsey is wrong
- Five Cent Nickel discusses whether bi-weekly mortgage payment plans and worthwhile
- Mighty Bargain Hunter implores people not to pay for these bi-weekly mortgage acceleration plans
Please go check out this week’s Carnival and read the posts! Next week Rocket Finance hosts.