Rich Life Carnival #20
Welcome to the 20th edition of rich life carnival. For the first time in a while, I have Editor’s Picks. Those posts really got my attention and I believe they should really be pointed out. In my humble opinion, they stand out by either conveying excellent information or by presenting already-known information in an original and easy-to-read fashion.
Editor’s Picks:
Ben Dinsmore presents Maine Man Builds 105MPG Car posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “Maine man builds his own 100mpg car out of old scooter parts! If only Detroit were so resourceful!”
The Shark Investor presents How YOUR Saving Advice Caused The Financial Crisis posted at The Shark Investor, saying, “Instead of frugality, focus on providing more wealth”
MWM presents Are You an Ant or a Grasshopper? posted at Pizza For A Dream, saying, “a great post on 2 different financial personalities - the ant and the grasshopper.”
Now on to the rest of the Carnival!
Healthy Living
Sun presents Got Flu Symptoms? Google Flu Trends Help You See Flu Activities This Season posted at The Sun’s Financial Diary.
Heather Johnson presents 100 Everyday Habits for Your Health and Wealth posted at Medical Coding Training Online.
Heather Johnson presents 100 Awesome Ivy League Video Lectures posted at Online Universities.com.
Heather Johnson presents Are You a Genius? 50 Intelligence Tests to See Where You Stand posted at eLearning Gurus.
Condo Blues presents Three Easy, Natural, and Free Fall Centerpieces posted at Condo Blues, saying, “Here are 3 expensive looking Thanksgiving dinner centerpieces that are easy to make with free materials from your yard!”
livingmyrichlife presents Why I’ve substituted a bike for a car posted at Living My Rich Life.
FMF presents Are You Using (or Will You Use) Dollar Coins? posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “A “green” way to handle your money.”
Vic presents Make Your Own Organic Yogurt At Home… posted at Yogurt Maker Central, saying, “If you’re concerned about the number and amount of artificial colors, flavors and preservatives in commercially produced yogurt, then you might like to try making yogurt at home. Using only the best organic products as ingredients you’ll be able to make fresh homemade yogurt - a healthy snack for the whole family. You’ll be helping the environment as well by reducing the amount of packaging going into landfill.”
Personal Finance
Carol Bentley presents Are your letters like a damp squib posted at Carol Bentley.
Wenchypoo presents Layaway—Boon or Burden? posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Discover Credit Card Rewards, Sign Up Bonuses and Holiday Promotions posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “The holidays are upon us, and arriving with the season are the requisite holiday promotions. Here is an interesting one from the Discover credit card.”
The Smarter Wallet presents Going Shopping? Avoid The Layaway Plan posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”
Market Breaker presents It’s Been A Brutal Year posted at Stock Investing Tips, saying, “This year has been the worst year for the stock market since the Great Depression.”
Joe Manausa presents Discover The Secret To Making A Perfect Home Buying Offer posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “There are so many infomercials and advertisements claiming that you can buy a home for mere pennies on the dollar that many potential home buyers are confused about what they should do. The goal of this short article is to help you develop a mindset that will allow you to buy the home of your dreams without paying too much for the home.”
Dorian Wales presents Surprising (and Promising) Aspects of the Financial Crisis posted at The Personal Financier, saying, “What do Playboy Playmates have to do with a very interesting article in the NY Times regarding the impact of financial crisis?”
Tony Huynh presents Money: What Steps I Have Taken to Save It posted at LimitlessUnits.com, saying, “This article is about patching up the leaks and keeping all that money you make.”
Livingalmostlarge presents Time or Tithe? posted at LivingAlmostLarge, saying, “Should you tithe?”
Jeremy Zongker presents 76 Ways to Save Money While Saving the Environment posted at Destroy Debt.
fwp presents 6 Lessons From a Frugal Past posted at the financial wellness project.
KCLau presents Buy term and invest the difference posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “In this post, I will share my view about the reality and practical part of making use of this well-known strategy of buying term and investing the difference.”
FIRE Getters presents Simple Strategies to Inflation Proof a Portfolio! posted at FIRE Finance.
Michael Bass presents Should you cosign for a friend or family member? posted at Debt Prison, saying, “The following two examples are from Debt Prison readers who were faced with issues regarding co-signers. The first cosigned for a boy friend… to later have him default and dragged into court. The other is from a young man who is defaulting on a debt in which a friend’s father graciously posed as the co-signer.”
Jim presents 0% Credit Cards: No Interest Purchases & Balance Transfers Offers posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
MoneyNing presents Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) posted at Money Ning, saying, “FSA are one of the few ways of helping us save money on child care that can get very expensive! Remember to take advantage of it for the year of 2009!”
MWM presents Are You an Apple Farmer or a Potato Farmer? posted at Pizza For A Dream, saying, “A simple story about the ways we all make money.”
Ms. Smarty Pants presents How to Sell Used Books Online for Extra Money posted at Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All, saying, “simplify your household while earning extra cash”
Henri Schauffler1 presents Mortgage Broker Jobs: Mortgages In Freefall, But Mortgage Professionals Have Options | Entrepreneur Freedom posted at Henri Schauffler.
Ernesto Maitim presents Opt In Email Marketing Campaign: Building Up a Great List posted at Earn Big Time Online.
Investing School presents Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E) posted at Investing School, saying, “Learn everything you need to know about the price per earnings ratio!”
ChristianPF presents 12 cool Christmas gift ideas posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog.
Aahz presents Gas Prices Not Dropping Fast Enough? How About Free? posted at Philaahzophy, saying, “Is gasoline on your Christmas list?”
Gary presents I Want Their Money! It Is Just Not Fair! posted at StoppingYou.com Blog, saying, “Is life not giving you the amount of money you desire because of it’s unfairness? Life is not fair to you sometimes, so make it be fair to you by not making excuses and taking action to over come financial roadblocks.”
Self Improvement
Chelsy Albertson presents Are College Kids All Spoiled Nowadays? posted at Earn Money - Earning Money From Home, saying, “College kids seem to be very spoiled nowadays.”
Erin Pavlina presents What Happens When You Die? posted at Erin Pavlina’s Blog, saying, “I’ve gotten a lot of emails asking me variations on this question so I thought I’d do an entire blog entry on this subject to help everyone understand what I believe happens.”
David B Bohl presents 6 Personal Organization Tips That Will Save Your Life! posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “It’s really not that hard to stay organized once you get there… but the getting there can be a challenge. I’ve often wondered if some of us are born with an organizational gene and others are born with a messy gene.”
Richard Johnson presents The Great Happiness Puzzle posted at Reaching A Better Place, saying, “When you really think about it, happiness is a puzzle…”
Bill Urell presents Hormonal Shifts In Women’s Health And Addiction Recovery posted at Addiction Recovery Basics, saying, “Hormonal cycles have always been a defining factor in women’s lives, inspiring myths, customs, restrictions and in more recent times, self-medication and addiction recovery.”
Simon Stapleton presents 6 Powerful Questions To Ask In Your Performance Review | SimonStapleton.com posted at Career & Personal Development for CIOs, Technical Professionals and Self-Professed Geeks, saying, “Was your last performance review/appraisal enjoyable? Worthwhile? Inspiring? Constructive? It should be all of these things, if done right. But chances are, it wasn’t. And you won’t be the only one. I recently surveyed over 800 IT professionals from over 600 companies and discovered that over 70% felt their performance reviews were ineffective. What’s happening?”
Steve Gillman presents The New Ideas Blog » Blog Archive » What Are Problems? posted at The New Ideas Blog.
Chris Edgar presents Finishing With The “Finish Line Mentality” posted at Purpose Power Coaching, saying, “One of our biggest sources of disappointment is the way we tend to assume that, if we reach a certain place in our lives, we’ll live happily ever after. It’s as if our lives are a kind of race, and once we finish the race we can spend the rest of our lives celebrating our victory. When we let go of this “finish line mentality,” appreciating the present moment becomes much easier.”
Andy presents 7 Roadblocks to Success posted at Personal Hack, saying, “The most common roadblocks in success to accomplishing your financial, relationships or fitness goals.”
Debt Wizard presents Some Helpful Tips To Not Abuse Your Credit Card posted at Money Help, saying, “Prone to spending too much and missing payments on your credit card? Here are a few tips.”
Matt K presents The Corporate Flight Attendant posted at Flight Attendant, saying, “Introduction to what a corporate flight attendant does. It is quite different from the typical commercial flight attendant!”
greg Group presents The 4 Keys to Being a Top Performer posted at Associated Content.
Investing Angel presents Learning Financial Planning through Asset Allocation » Free Stock Market Investing Tips posted at Stock Tips, saying, “Some ways to learn about financial planning.”
Sarah Scrafford presents 100 Illustrated Relaxation Exercises for Your Mind, Body, and Soul posted at Massage Therapy Careers.
Fiona King presents 100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter posted at Online Universities.com.
Technology
Sarah Scrafford presents Forget Facebook: 50 Social Sites for the Serious Student and Job Seeker posted at Career Overview.
Miscellaneous
Kim presents De Seco Lazy-Boy Recliner Sofa posted at Lazyboy Recliners, saying, “In this modern time even a sofa can be so luxurious. The modern sofas that can be reclined are things that would surprise those who do not know much about them.”
nickel presents 2009 Traditional and Roth IRA Contribution Limits posted at fivecentnickel.com.
imarketing4s presents Are Debt Consolidation Errors Losing You Money? | Consolidate4Free: Free Debt Consolidation Articles posted at Free Debt Consolidation: Qualified Financial Management.
Dave presents Dow Jones Industrial Average posted at Cheapo Groovo.
Jeremy Zongker presents Good Saving Habits Start Early posted at Money Blog.
Bill Urell presents Alcoholism And Drug Addiction Recovery: What It Is And What It Isn’t posted at Addiction Recovery Basics, saying, “Just as there are numerous definitions of drug addiction and alcoholism, there are many definitions of addiction recovery. It can be very confusing. Let’s simplify.”
omguy presents Lose Yourself! posted at Ordinary Miracles, saying, “The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself”. But what does that really mean and why would anyone do it? The best way I can describe it is to”
Andy presents No Shortcuts for Losing Weight CHEATER posted at Weight Loss Window, saying, ““You can’t cheat an honest man”. How many of those “lose 10 pounds in 5 days” diets have you tried? or those get a 6 pack exercising 3 times a week for 15 minutes machines? I gotta admit I’ve been suckered by those way too many times.”
Applying the Law of Attraction presents Defining the Law of Attraction and What It Means To You posted at Applying the Law of Attraction Membership Library, saying, “Do not forget that the Law of Attraction is a part of our reality. The theory has just recently become popular and you will see that it is completely because of…”
Brain Blogger presents Reversing the Irreversible - Neuromotor Prostheses for Spinal Cord Injury posted at Brain Blogger, saying, “A young football player is running the ball downfield when he gets blindsided by two tacklers. They upend the player, who haplessly inverts in the air and lands on his neck. In an instant, his whole body goes limp, and the player has difficulty breathing. Paramedics are rushed to the field, and the player is speedily taken to the hospital, where a CT scan delivers the unthinkable news: complete spinal cord injury.”
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