Living Almost Large did a bang-up job with this week’s Beijing Olympics Carnival of Debt Reduction.  Four posts got the gold medal:

• Nate Scott talks about what he wants to do as he becomes debt free
• Making Sense with Common Cents Chris Johnston discusses how dealing with debt sometimes means controlling your emotions
• Frugal Dad asks whether they should pay off credit card debt before having a baby
• Capital Couples Finance James explains to us that everyone needs to choose their own debt payoff strategy

Please check out the carnival for the rest of the great posts!

• Living Almost Large has posted the Carnival Thanks to Living Almost Large for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction.  We both got a bunch of snow over the past couple of days, and on my end it took a while for the Internet to thaw out.  So here are the Editor's Picks for this week: Payday......
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