Carnival of Personal Finance
Thanks to The Happy Rock for hosting this week's Carnival of Personal Finance!
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Showing posts with label Carnival. Show all posts
Mondays
I spent the weekend relaxing. I watched five movies, had two dinners with friends, and read the last Harry Potter book. I resolved things with my landlord. He finally apologized, sincerely. He gave me a month's free rent.
I spent a little time rearranging my budget to see if I could get a small house or a condo. I could, but I decided to hold off for a few months and get the rest of my debt paid off. I'm moving out at the end of the month, and I need to find a new place to rent, but I have some leads on that.
Even as I was writing my Friday post, I intended to delete it. It was a long (sincere) rant, but it was just that, a rant.
Some monetary items: I've sold another piece of furniture on Craigslist. It's an odd mosaic table I created in college, when I was having some trouble sleeping. The design is kind of an abstract version of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Perfect Man." I just want to get rid of it, because while it looks cool, I have no use for it. I sold it to a popular restaurant, and in addition to the $100 they're paying (yes, I undersold it, because I truly want to get rid of it), because they were having some problems arranging a pick up, I agreed to drop it off for a gift certificate for a free meal (for about $30). I can use that to take my girlfriend out for a date!
Other things... I was corralled into going to a brunch yesterday morning. A lot of my friends are wealthy, so I knew I was going to have to drop some cash. It came to $72 for my girlfriend and I. I just got the month's rent and sold the table, so I decided it was okay to splurge.
That's it. Thanks to The Frugal Student for highlighting me in the Carnival of Personal Finance!
Carnival Of Personal Finance -- And A Givaway!
For those who have arrived as part of the 111th Carnival Of Personal Finance (hosted by Plonkee Money this week)...
Welcome!
I am Starving Artist, a young(ish) writer sloggin' his way through this world, finishing up a novel, and slowly building my acumen of personal finance knowledge. Like many-to-most who start blogs like this, I wandered around for a long time, hoping something would eventually happen to cause my growing debt to disappear--something that preferably didn't involve work. Seven months ago, in a real panic, I started this blog as a way to rehabilitate my finances. What I've learned so far:
- the way you run your finances is probably indicative of the way you live your life
- paying off debt is much more satisfying than accumulating it
- paying off debt is like giving yourself a huge pay raise
Enough! You're here. Enjoy. The article that I've had highlighted for the carnival is this one. Before you go, however...
GET A FREE BOOK
As a thank-you to those who have made it to my site, and in the spirit of all things carnivalesque, I'm offering a chance to win a free book on personal finance, the bestselling Personal Finance For Dummies
What do you do to win?
I'm trying to get a comprehensive list of more personal finance books for my PERSONAL FINANCE BOOKS page. My goal is to create a well-categorized listing of the best finance books available.
This is where you come in: suggest a finance book to add to my list in the comments for this post. I'm looking for books you've read and loved, whether they are on budgeting, thrifty dining, real estate investing, buying cars... anything! I'll let you suggest up to five books, and every book gets you another entry. If you include a brief review of the book, I will include that review next to the book when I post it, as well as a by-line that will link back to your blog. I'll pick on Thursday!
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy my blog. I am, as always, indebted 2 you!
Here's a random link. Just because.
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