Thanks go out to Budgeting In The Fun Stuff for hosting last week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction.  The cartoon is a nice touch.

Here are the debt-reduction posts for this week’s Carnival:

• Live Real, Now runs down ten dumb money moves, and in the process updates his debt reduction progress.
• Debt Tips hosted a guest post that presents four unusual role models who could inspire you to get out of debt.
• Barbara Friedberg admits that, though sometimes debt is inevitable, it still is necessary to take action against it.
• Christian Personal Finance discusses getting a second job to pay off debt.  I recommend this.
• Wallet Blog has five suggestions for improving your debt-reduction progress.
• Dealerity ties together a bunch of street art into a tale of debt reduction.
• Digerati Life advises looking into peer-to-peer lending for debt consolidation.  This works only for borrowers with decent credit ratings, and the APR is nearly 7%.
• Ask Mr. Credit Card asks if you’re paying off debts with credit cards.  Didn’t know that was even (ahem) in the cards, but I guess so!
• Miss Bankrupt explains how to fix a late payment on a credit card.
• PT Money discusses how to decide which debt to pay down first.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

• M is for Money has a Spring Carnival M is for Money posted a very flowery Carnival of Debt Reduction on Monday to celebrate the arrival of the spring equinox.  Thanks go out to her for hosting!  Two of the submissions made Editor's Pick for this week: Cash Money Life talks about how one can improve their credit......
• A pre-Christmas Carnival of Debt Reduction As we dig ourselves out from the snow on the East coast, here are the debt reduction articles that made the cut this week.  The two personal debt reduction stories are up top! Live Real, Now is totally open with the kids about their debt. No Debt Plan is ready......

• What You Need to Know Before Going Into Debt Let’s face it, if you want to get ahead in today’s world, you’re going to need to go into debt, at least a little. The key is managing your debt properly and avoiding common traps. Not all debt is bad, even if we have been trained to think that it......
• Weekly Round Up: Going Out of Town We're out of town again. We visited family last week and this week we're going out to the Western part of North Carolina for a day trip. We also have a wedding coming up for my brother in law and friend, s it's been a busy summer. We'll be using......