Happy Monday! Here are this week’s posts. The two at the top are personal debt reduction stories. It’s always a pleasure to receive these.

• Eliminate the Muda shares a personal story of how earning more doesn’t always solve debt issues.
• Debt Free Adventure tells about his big win with Lending Club.
• Christian Personal Finance has a guest post that outlines five ways to deal with medical debt.
• Man vs. Debt has a spartan post: excess is a liability.
• An Emergency Fund explains how to take advantage of payment protection plans as you pay off your debt.
• Bargaineering compiles some US credit card debt statistics.
• Get Rich Slowly finds that Suze Orman thinks that paying with cash is a good thing.
• Digerati Life shares Oprah’s Debt Diet.
• The Smarter Wallet discusses Dave Ramsey’s debt reduction philosophies.
• Personal Finance Analyst tells the merits of packing some extra snow on your debt snowball.

Have a great week!

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