Awesome Articles Last Week
Lazy Man And Money: Finances: Don’t Take them So Personally – Lazy points out how easy it is for us to be wasting money without realizing it, and cites a couple of big examples how.
Money, Matter and More Musings: Are You Spending More On Stuff Than Millionaires? – Rate your spending against the millionaires! Golbguru appears to score in the lowest spending percentile based on some “Millionaire Next Door” rankings.
Money Smart Life: Health Care Costs Increase While Our Income Goes Down – I could very well be writing a novel about this as I’m in the same club as Ben is. I’ve been in this same situation for about a year now!
The Sun’s Financial Diary: The Frustration With AMEX Continues – There’s been a mysterious monthly charge on one of Sun’s credit cards that’s been going on for a while now. I’d ditch this card immediately no matter what the consequences are.
Gen X Finance: Buying High and Selling Low Might Sound Stupid, But People Still Do It – Human nature departs from logic too many times, unfortunately.
Free Money Finance: Boost Your Career with Professional Classes - Brushing up your skills in whatever field you’re in could help you get ahead tremendously. If you work in the field of technology, as I do, it’s a given.
Mighty Bargain Hunter: The trick to finding really good deals on housing – Those who are shopping around for a new house will find this discussion quite helpful.
Five Cent Nickel: Reducing Our Electrical Usage: One Year Later - Nickel has worked on keeping his electrical usage down through various means. It’s a feat in itself.
Blueprint For Financial Prosperity: 3 Reasons Why I Love Index Funds - This is great — I second Jim’s opinion too. I heart index funds, as my t-shirt says 
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Consumerism Commentary: Do You Waste Two Hours Every Workday? - Just two hours a day? Okay, just kidding there, but I believe that productivity can be fleeting and can be a challenge to sustain for long periods. And all those administrative activities can get in the way of some work momentum!
The Simple Dollar: The Debt Entrapment: When Your Debt Forces You To Stay At An Untenable Job I can imagine how tough it is to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. It’s a situation that you literally need to claw yourself out of, but it’s doable with *much* hard work and sacrifice.
NCNblog: Store-Branded Credit Cards: A Shocking Look Back – If you love shopping and spending, you have to read this. I’m afraid some people close to me are addicted to department store credit cards. I need to figure out a way to send them to NCN’s blog.
Cheap As Chips: Dedicated to my youngest brother. Though there are financial aspects to this article, the message here goes beyond that.
Last Week’s Carnivals
Hot Finance Carnivals!
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Nice Little Collection
Why thank you! It’s nice to see what everyone else is up to…
You’re welcome, and you really deserved the Badge of Honour!!!