Gather Little by Little

Welcome to Gather Little by Little. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe via email. Thanks for visiting!

Photo by: esphipul

I had a great week. The training I attended was probably one of the best classes I’ve ever taken. I came back to work with some great ideas for improving our software development process and bringing my team together even more. While I’m not a big fan of class room training generally, this does prove when the training is done by a top notch instructor who is an authority in their field, it makes a huge difference. This was definitely an epiphany class for me.

Important Stuff

• Free $25 from Revolutionary Money Exchange - By now you may have heard the buzz about a new online payment service that competes directly with PayPal called Revolution Money Exchange. The big difference being, Revolution Money Exchange has no fees! Right now, they have a special promotion where you get a free $25.00 just for signing up! Click the green box above to get you free $25!
• New M-Network Website - The M-Network has a new dedicated website, with shiny looking 125×125 graphics for each of out blogs along with highlights of our articles. Make sure you check it out, Pinyo did an awesome job!

The Gathering

• the debt snowball - Plonkee talks about my second favorite topic, next to the budget of course. She does a great job on the write, so check it out!
• Handling My Finances in a Slow Economy - Single Guy talks about how he’s handling his money in the slowing economy he sees all around him.
• Home Prices Are Going Down, But We’re Still Not Buying - Even though it’s a great time to buy, Mrs. Micah is holding off. Read her article to find out why…her reasons are solid.
• Rebuilding An Emergency Fund - Green Panda tells us how her emergency fund helped her move across two states to get a better job and a lower cost of living.
• A Hobby Can Be Additional Source Of Income - Good Article on how to make money from your hobby. Be careful though, your hobby can easily become work which can take away all the enjoyment.
• Why Lending Club Has Stopped Taking New Lenders - Pinyo provides his perspective on the whole LendingClub mystery. He thnks they are doing something extraordinary.
• Should You Co-Sign On Your Kid’s Credit Card? - Good article on the thoughts around co-signing for your children. I wouldn’t, but of course I don’t co-sign for anything.
• Teenage Millionaires - This was an interesting read. Ryan profiled two teenage millionaires. Sure wish my teen would was inspired to do something like this! Heck, I wish he was inspired to take out the trash!
• Spending Money is Good - Patrick reminds us that it’s okay to spend sometimes. I agree.
• The Power of Contentment - Powerful post and excellent read. Are you content?
• Tightwad Tuesday: Go Paperless! - This is something I’m working hard to do both at work and at home. Every little bit makes a difference. Great tips Lynnae!
• A Recession Could Do America Some Good - One Caveman reminds us that a recession could be exactly what America needs right now. I think he may be right. As painful as it is, it often requires something drastic to get peoples attention.
• Financial Health is More Than Numbers, It Is Also About Motivation - Excellent post and I agree, it’s mostly motivation. A monkey???
• Revisit your emergency fund periodically - Love the name his church uses for their emergency fund!
• Eight Personal Finance Regrets From the Past Year - Good writeup on somethings Trent regrets. Speaking of taxes for blogging, I need to look into this so it’s not on my list!
• And last but not least, Daily Links: My Favorite Stories from the Past Two Years - J.D. is celebrating the two year anniversary of Get Rich Slowly and shares his favorite stories. Great blog, great guy, and excellent reads. Congrats J.D.!

Other articles you might enjoy reading:

• The Friday Gathering - I received my economic stimulus money!
• The friday gathering for 5/2/2008
• The Friday Gathering For 4/25/2008
• The Friday Gathering: Japanese Maple Edition
• The Friday Gathering - Spring Break vacation edition