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!

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