This may sound a little bit corny, but ask yourself:

“What will it be like to be debt free?”

You may be experiencing pain from being in debt, from not having enough paycheck for your month, from watching time slip away with unfulfiled dreams.  Getting out of debt to avoid this pain may work, but also remember to look forward to the things you can do when you’re not saddled with so much debt.

If you can’t possibly imagine what good things can come out of being debt free, check out No Credit Needed’s post on twenty things that rock about being debt free.  These are happy thoughts from someone who’s gotten out of a fair bit of debt himself.  The light at the end of the tunnel is nice and bright.

• Me vs Debt has posted a solstice carnival Many thanks to Me vs Debt for hosting Carnival of Debt Reduction #118.  This week's carnival has a winter solstice theme, complete with pictures of constellations that will be visible on the shortest day in the northern hemisphere.  Very clever! Her "Ursula Major" editor's picks were: Being Frugal's Twelve Days......
• Flashback: Use a debt consolidation service? Mighty Bargain Hunter hosted Carnival of Debt Reduction #24, and this week's Flashback comes from a post by Blueprint for Financial Prosperity: What Do Debt Consolidation Services Offer? Debt consolidation services are legitimate. They help you to simplify your debt reduction process by paying your creditors from one check that......

• Debt troubles are not just for low wage earners This may not be news to some of you but this post over in the SavingAdvice.com highlights this problem:I screwed upHere's a gentleman who earns six figures (up to $135k) that had $177k in mortgage debt in 1999, and now has double that today.  This extra debt is non-producing debt,......
• May 08 Review Of Free From Broke Wow. I thought April was pretty wild at Free From Broke what with switching over to Wordpress and all. May brings us the formation of the Money Life Network. The members are: MilkYourMoney.com [RSS] FreeFromBroke.com [RSS] PrimeTimeMoney.com [RSS] BibleMoneyMatters.com [RSS] MyInvestingBlog.com [RSS] Check it out as well as all......