Thanks very much to Blunt Money for hosting the 65th Carnival of Debt Reduction!

The personal debt reduction stories are great testimonies to accountability and responsibility for the bloggers trying to get out of debt, so I like to highlight them when I can.  It’s worthwhile to see how others go about setting goals, monitoring their progress, and following through to completion, because the discipline can carry over to any other endeavor.

• Money Walks has a December net worth update.
• My Wealth Builder talks about personal experience with debt.
• Blogging Away Debt had a difficult trade-off to make.
• Get Rich Slowly describes the light at the end of the tunnel after paying off about $12k in debt.

Thanks for the great posts everyone!  Next week Debt Consolidation Lowdown hosts!

• Flashback: Know thy spending self Kirby on Finance hosted Carnival of Debt Reduction #37, and this Flashback is from Get Rich Slowly entitled The Psychology of Spending. JD points out: You cannot learn to control your spending until you understand what money means to you. Begin to notice your thought process and attitudes as you......
• Flashback: Mind over matter Frugal for Life hosted Carnival of Debt Reduction #34, and this week's Flashback comes from Get Rich Slowly: Two Approaches to Debt Elimination. Facing debt reduction isn't easy, but if several debts are in the mix, which one do you attack first -- the small one, or the high-interest one?......

• Other money carnivals this week In addition to the two posted directly below this post, the Carnival of Personal Finance #37 is up at the Money Blog Network and the Carnival of Investing #11 is up at Retire At 30! One post that caught my eye talked about what your hour is worth -- if......
• Weekly Round Up: October 5, 2007 I decided to do my weekly round up a little early because I'm going to be busy this weekend with schoolwork. I might have some time to post, but it's not guaranteed.  I want to start on a project I have for a class because I have a feeling it'll......