Here’s this week’s edition of the Best of Money carnival. Thanks to everyone who submitted, I sifted through 59 great entries! Here are the Top 10:
10 .Brad Chaffee presents Debt Snowball - Staying Motivated While Paying Off Your Larger Debts posted at Enemy of Debt.
“What if you broke up your larger debts into smaller, bite-sized pieces? I think the key to making this work though is to actually write it out on a piece of paper. Visualization is the key. Let’s say you owe $10,000 on your plastic companion.”
9. J. Money presents Blogger Showdown #4: Flexo vs. Jim Wang posted at Budgets are Sexy.
“So here we go! Two of the big boys battling it out just waiting for you to crown the winner. Flexo from Consumerism Commentary vs. Jim Wang from Bargaineering.com. Enjoy!”
8. MLR presents A Guide to Greatness posted at My Life ROI, Getting the Best Return On Life.
“Think about where you are in your life. Are you happy with it? Are you happy with where you’re heading? If you are doing something (remember: job, school, relationships, hobbies) right now but you are doing it at a mediocre level, is it worth it?
It all comes down to this one question:
Do you want to be great?”
7. FMF presents How Much is a Good Commute Worth? posted at Free Money Finance.
“Unless there was some compensation (like working from home a day a week), I wouldn’t take a much-longer commute for a huge pay increase (assuming I had a choice of course. If I was unemployed, I’d most likely take anything.) But then again, I already have a good income and I keep my spending low, so I have that option.”
6. Jeff Rose presents Should You Buy (ROP) Return on Premium Term Life Insurance? posted at Good Financial Cents -Jeff Rose Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor, Carbondale, Illinois.
“For those that are not familiar, the return of premium rider allows the policy holder to get a full refund of all the premiums paid at the end of the contract. At first, it sounds like a pretty good deal. The most common complaint that consumers have with life insurance is that if you don’t die, all the money goes directly to the insurance company. If this is the case, then purchasing the return of premium rider seems totally worth it.”
5. MoneyNing presents Why Do High Yield Savings Account Rates Change posted at Money Ning.
“It’s no secret that institutions are dropping interest rates like fighter jets in World War II, but for what reason? Sure, everyone talks about the record low federal reserve funds rates but despite the rate staying steady for many months now, the interest rate on our accounts still keeps going down.”
4. DR presents List of No Penalty CD (Certificates of Deposit) Rates posted at The Dough Roller.
“I can still remember earning double-digit returns on CDs in the early 1980s. I had saved a little money and was locking it away in 6-month CDs earning 12% or more. Of course, inflation was raging, and the interest rates on home mortgages had gone through the roof. But those were the days for savers.”
3. Ray @ Financial Highway presents The Importance of Money- Means To an End or End in Itself? posted at Financial Highway.
“Being a millionaire means nothing to me if my loved ones and I are unhappy. If I live in a $4.5million villa but hate what I do everyday for nine or ten hours that villa will be my prison and I’ll be enslaved to the dollar. If I have to work fifteen hours a day and never get time to spend with family and friends and spend that money, than what good does it do? I am not saying that I do not want money or that money does not matter, because money does matter, but it should not be the primary goal.”
2. Silicon Valley Blogger presents Measuring Job Satisfaction: How To Be Happy With Your Job posted at The Digerati Life.
“As I said at the beginning, you can rid of work FOREVER, by doing what you enjoy. Work, toil, and daily routine can become PURE ENJOYMENT. It’s about making a decision. What’s more important: an enjoyable job or more money? Sometimes these two goals may coalesce, and if this applies to you, then you are one fortunate individual. Most other times, you have to make a choice and determine your priorities at work. And for some of us, it’s not all about increasing our salary at all costs.”
And this week’s winner is….
1. J.D. Roth presents Goals Are the Gateway to Financial Success posted at Get Rich Slowly.
“Yesterday I completed my first marathon. It didn’t happen exactly as I’d planned, but it happened. Instead of running 26.2 miles, I walked the entire course. Some might view this as a failure. Not me. I’m ecstatic to have finally, at the age of forty, met one of my life-long goals.”
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Sweet! Great list my man, have a great week
Thanks for a great edition of this carnival this week! Very excited that I made it!
Debt snowball is a great title for a blog/article!