How I Will Be Rich

This is my last Roundup before Christmas. There’s a couple good posts that might help people out going in to Christmas and a couple other real good posts. No guest post this week. The end of December is always a rough time for me. The job at the shutter factory gets hectic. I’m also preparing to go back to school. I have a meeting with the councilor tomorrow afternoon and I’m officially starting back January 7th. I hope my blog doesn’t suffer. I believe, if anything, it will give me more to talk about.

Anyway, here’s what I found this week:

Why I Started My Debt Reduction Blog

• NCN has a great little write up about why he started blogging.
  

Money Saving Tips for Online Shopping | Moolanomy

• Here are some great tips for making purchases online. This is especially useful for me coming in to the holidays. I buy everything online.
  

15 Products that save Time, Money, and Space

• Here’s a great list of products to save time, money and space. There’s some really great ideas here if you are looking for gifts.
  

Carnival of Personal Finance: Naughty or Nice Edition ? Get Rich Slowly

• I participated in this carnival this week with my advice on investing in the stock market.
  

Millionaire Mommy Next Door: My Investment Portfolio Revealed

• I love seeing the portfolios of people who have been really successful with investing. Check out the Millionaire Mommy Next Door’s portfolio.

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Another week and there’s been a lot of great posts going around. I also wrote another guest post for Lazy Man and Money. I really love the personal finance blogging community. Everyone has been so helpful and there are so many great sites out there. Here’s what I found this week:

Time Alone is Time Well Spent

• I have another guest post up over at Lazy Man and Money. It’s about the importance of spending some time alone to gather your thoughts. Go check that out if you get a chance. Lazy Man is another one of the blogs that has been so helpful. He’s always so willing to help and I really appreciate everything he’s done for me and my blog.

My Foray into Prosper as a P2P Lender | Moolanomy

• I’ve been really wanting to get in to Prosper. I also learned about them because they are a sponsor here on this site. Pinyo talks about his experience with the system. A great read if you are interested in what the startup process is.

I Will Teach You To Be Rich » How I gained 5lbs in one week

• This is the site that made me want to blog. I absolutely love Ramit’s writing and his style. He’s in the process of writing a book so he hasn’t been posting much lately. I highly recommend his site if you are just now getting in to personal finance blogs.

Deep In A Buyer’s Market: Time To Buy A House on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

• Have home prices hit bottom? Is now the time to buy? I hope not because in San Diego, home prices are still outrageous.

Creating a Budget-Friendly Christmas List - 5 ways to make the holidays less expensive for your friends | Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life

• Mrs. Micah discusses making a Christmas list. This is how to do it so that you don’t make your gifter spend too much on you. Some cool ideas in here.

How I Became a Millionaire While Working in My Pajamas ? Get Rich Slowly

• A great guest post from The Millionaire Mommy Next Door about how she became a millionaire. It’s a great post and it’s inspirational to hear about how others have gained their success.

Carnivals I Participate in This Week:
(I Just Realized these links were broken. They’re fixed now)
Carnival of Money Stories #38 | Cash Money Life
Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness #25 | Credit Card Lowdown
103rd festival of frugality : plonkee money
2008 Financial Resolutions | Cash Money Life

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This last week I found a lot of great blog posts. I participated in two carnivals and I even wrote my first guest post for another blog. Here’s some links to check out today.

My Guest Post

brip blap » action is what cures fear

• I am proud to announce that my first guest post ever is up. I just wanted to take an opportunity to thank Brip Blap and all that he has done for me and my blog. He has been so helpful with tips, advice, link-backs, and now, my first guest post. He is a great guy and has a great blog.

Great Reads From Other Personal Finance Blogs

7 Irresponsible & Fun Ways To Spend Your Holiday Bonus on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

• Because every once in a while it is ok to splurge a little.

The Lies That (Some) Financial Advisers Tell @ fivecentnickel.com

• This is actually some really great investment advice here. The post discusses a lot of common misconceptions that a financial adviser might share.

Top 10 Everyday Ways to Save Money at Ririan Project

• 10 great, easy ways to conserve your valuable dollars. A really great article from a site that constantly impresses me.

The Simple Dollar » Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on the Back of Five Business Cards

• A great, quick run down of what it takes to make a lot of money throughout your life. It’s all explained on 5 business cards.

8 Tips for a Unsuccessful Office Holiday Party » Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog

• I love the office. It’s one of the funniest shows on television. Check out this post for a good laugh.

Carnivals That I Participated In:

The Carnival of Personal Finance #129 | Cash Money Life

• I participated in this carnival with my post on saving money on gas.

Festival of Frugality #102

• Lazy Man and Money did a fantastic job hosting The Festival of Frugality this week. He actually took the time to make a comment on every single post. My post about giving the gift of frugality was actually and editor’s pick this week!

Over at Be Healthy and Relax:

Simple Ways To Improve Sleep | Be Healthy and Relax

• Here is an article from the other blog that Joe and I run. Like the title suggests, it’s got some great ways to improve sleep. My problem lately is that I stay up until the wee hours of the morning writing blog posts.

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I’m getting back in to my old habit of doing my roundup on Tuesdays. I’ve ditched the Top Ten Tuesday title, however. To tell you the truth, I just don’t want a number associated with my round up. If I find less that ten posts that really grab me, I want to post less than ten. If I find more, than there will be more. From now on, it’s just going to be a list of interesting articles that I really think readers of this site will enjoy.

Here’s what I came up with for this week.

Eight Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Goal Setting at Ririan Project

• This is something that I think pretty much everyone can use. It’s tips on how to set goals better.

Using Pareto Principle to Improve Personal Finance | Moolanomy

• Here’s a good post about using the Pareto Principle. This one grabbed my eye because I really love the Pareto Principle. So much, actually, that we wrote a post about it a while back.

You Are A Business, Act Like One! on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

• This is a great post about treating yourself as a business to get ahead. It kind of reminds me of the advice that I gave on how to make more money in your current job.

Why do poor people always win the lottery? - myinvestingblog.com

• This is an interesting post about a lottery that confused so many people that it was pulled off of the shelves. Why was it confusing? Because it used negative numbers and the majority of the people that played it, couldn’t grasp negative numbers. It’s actually kind of sad.

Making overseas experience count — life, simply improved

• This is an interesting read from Brip Blap. If you’ve spent time overseas, check this article out to understand how you can leverage your experiences in your personal career.

Save Money With Unusual Savings Devices: An Illustrated Guide To Cool Piggy Banks

• This is one of the coolest/funnest articles I’ve read in a while. It’s from The Digerati Life and It’s all about various piggy banks (with pictures). There are some really creative ideas here.

Please give those a read. I really think you will enjoy them. Leave some feedback in the comments. I really can’t get enough feedback. Did any of these articles really hit home with you? Was there one that you disagree with? I want to here what readers think.

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-M

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I’m going to be out of town for a four day weekend and to tell you the truth, my brain is already out in the desert waiting for me. This is one of those times where I have to admit that if I try to get going on a good post my mind will be elsewhere. I don’t want to give a half effort to a post that everyone is going to skip over in their feed reader so instead I’ll post my round up for the week. I’m trying this new thing called diigo that Brip Blap recommend so let’s see how it goes.

22 Money Maximizing Moves You Can Do Today | Moolanomy

• Here’s a great list of things that you can do to have more money. Sounds good to me.
  

ETFs vs. Mutual Funds - Stock Trading To Go

• The debate continues between what’s better, ETFs or Mutual Funds. I currently own some ETFs but I’m thinking about switching them to Mutual Funds. This is a great read if you are curious about the differences.
  

Millionaire Mommy Next Door: How Do I Select My Investments? Why Are They Performing So Well?

• This is a great site that I just recently found out about. In this post she describes why her investments are doing so well and how she picks them. A really great read! I recommend the whole site.
  

How To Safely Borrow For A House Purchase

• I’ve been looking in to purchasing a house for a long time now. There is some great advice here on borrowing money.
  

How to Get 1,050 Subscribers in 3 Months

• This is a great post about how to gain more readers to your blog. I want to thank Brip Blap for turning me on to this site. It is just packed full of really great content for bloggers.
  

saving money on books — life, simply improved

• I read a ton of books and there’s nothing better than getting some for free. Here’s Brip Blap’s advice on getting books.

Unfortunately, I blew it and missed the deadlines for the carnivals I wanted to participate in so I’m in none for this week.

I hope everyone has a great thanksgiving and I’ll be back to posting on Monday.

Enjoy,

-M

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