Gather Little by Little

My favorite blog carnival is the Carnival of Money Stories. Everyone loves a great story and I love reading the different stories people have about their money situations. Some are sad, some make me a bit angry, some make me feel a little better about the “dumb decisions” I’ve made in the past, and most just give you hope. Regardless of the the money story, they really put the “personal” in personal finance.

Once again, I have the honor of hosting the Carnival of Money Stories and specifically edition #92. I a total of 45 entries and the 23 that made the cut are included below. Most of the articles were great reads, but weren’t money stories. I selected articles for inclusion based on whether they told a personal story or not.

There are some really great articles included below. I read each and every one of them. I’d highly recommend you spend some time over the next week reading through them. If you see something you particularly like, take a few minutes to add a comment to the authors blog and/or submit the article to your social media network of choice to share it with others.

If your article is included below, make sure you don’t forget to link back to the carnival! Thanks to everyone that submitted and for supporting such a great carnival.

Editor’s Pick

Trisha from Empowering Mom submitted a top notch excellent article called: Are You Waiting For Your Ship to Come in? This was by far the best article submitted this week and I’d encourage everyone to read it.

The article a wonderful reminder that life is short, often shorter than we might expect it to be. The article is very well written, and deeply personal. It’s  wonderful reminder that we should really think through putting off our dreams and desires until tomorrow or later, as tomorrow or later may not come.

Other great articles

Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents MacBook Vs. PC: Why I Chose PC posted at Cash Money Life.

Green Panda presents Our Financial Goals For 2009 posted at Green Panda Treehouse.

Ben presents New Years Action Plan posted at Money Smart Life.

Skyler Reep presents 30 Days for 30 Dollars Manifesto posted at 30 Days for 30 Dollars.

vh presents Making less…less posted at Funny about Money.

Isaac Yassar presents 2 Requirements Of Definite Success posted at Isaac Yassar’s Overture.

Raymond presents My 2009 Stock Market and Real Estate Predictions posted at Money Blue Book.

FMF presents Don’t Let Shipping Fees Sour a Good Deal posted at Free Money Finance.

Jeff Rose presents Client’s Personal Story on Long Term Care Insurance posted at Jeff Rose of Good Financial Cents.

Jim presents Total Cost of Owning A Dog posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

pfincome presents Personal Finance Goals (2009) – version 1 posted at Passive Family Income.

J. Money presents How we’re putting the Mrs. through grad school! (so far so sexy) posted at Budgets are Sexy..

Mary@SimplyForties presents Rooms to Let, Fifty Cents posted at SimplyForties.

Mr.CC presents My Letter To American Express posted at Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Debt Elimination Tips: How To Reduce Debt With These Dos and Don’ts posted at The Digerati Life.

Ryan Suenaga presents What Counts as an Emergency? posted at Uncommon Cents.

Sun presents How To Become A Millionaire: Actually It Is Quite Easy posted at Earn More and Invest Wisely at The Sun’s Financial Diary.

MoneyNing presents Do You Switch “Frugal Mode” On When You Come Back from Vacation? posted at Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning.

Super Saver presents Financial Shuffling posted at My Wealth Builder.

Amanda presents My 25% Grocery Savings Rule In Action-Part 2-Planning and Resources | Value For Your Life posted at Value For Your Life.

FIRE Finance presents Rule of Thumb for Investing posted at FIRE Finance.

Steven Lohrenz presents Expertise Equals Income posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.

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