Pimp Your Finances

Hello – I hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day!  Here are this week’s links.
DDFD at Divorced Dad Frugal Dad has some great thoughts on Dreams, Hopes, and Ambitions.  In it, he asks, and attempts to answer: “What holds us back?”  It’s a good post on inspiration and motivation.
Jeff at The Stretchy Dollar asks, [...]

Well, tax time is here.  I’ve actually been looking forward to it for a long time – I get my money back from Uncle Sam!  I already know what I’m going to spend it on: paying off debt.  My goal is to put every penny of my return towards my credit card debt.
Here are this [...]

I wonder what the groundhog will see tomorrow…six more months of recession, or is the time for economic growth finally here?
Either way, the best thing to do is improve your own situation.  Here are some links to do it.
Mike at The Oblivious Investor writes about his 30 Year Market Prediction.  Bottom line?  “It hasn’t looked [...]

I’m proud to announce that my article on 12 Easy Ways to Sabotage Your Financial Life in College was chosen for the most recent Carnival of Debt Reduction.
Thanks to No Debt Plan for hosting it.  It’s got a great “Historic Moment” theme.

Another week gone by.  Time goes quickly when you’re busy.  Here are this week’s links.
NCN at No Credit Needed explains 5 debt reduction methods.  It’s interesting to read about something other than the standard two approaches of paying off the smallest debt or highest interest debts first.
DDFD at Divorced Dad Frugal Dad explains how defensive entrepreneurism can [...]

Pimp Your Finances was just featured in another carnival.  This time, my article on Disposable or Electric Razors: a Lesson in Product Comparison was in the Festival of Frugality.  Thanks to MoneyNing for hosting.  He’s got a great site, so make sure to check it out.  I go there frequently, and have even included a few [...]

Our article on 10 Financial Commandments For Your 20s was featured as an “Editor’s Pick” in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.  Many thanks to Pecuniarites for hosting it.
If you haven’t already, make sure you check out the article – it’s already become our second-most viewed post in less than a week!

I recently had a first for the site – I was featured in a link carnival!
The Well Run Dry was nice enough to host the Festival of Frugality #158.  He did a great job filtering through submissions, and picked the creme of the crop to feature on his site.  Please take a minute to check [...]