My true love gave me 12 days of financial advice
Posted
Dec 24 2007, 11:12 AM
by
Karen Datko
Personal-finance bloggers joined voices to give us "12 days of Christmas -- personal finance style,'' and their work is quite a gift. For the first day of Christmas, Lynnae at Being Frugal presented "the best way to manage money," including making a list of necessary expenses and checking it twice. You'll likely find out if you've been naughty or actually are spending less than you earn. Credit Withdrawal offered "two guaranteed ways to financial freedom," and Ana at DebtFREE-Revolution gave us three paid-off credit cards, including an American Express that rose from the dead even after she got the balance to zero.
Plonkee Money has four tips for picking cell-phone packages, and recommends you "realize that you don't need to spend your entire life wedded to the phone." You'll also learn about five rules for snowflaking, six income streams, seven anti-debt tips, and eight ways to improve productivity, including one we wish everyone would embrace: "Don't read, forward or create chain e-mails, no matter how heartbreaking or inspirational." Probably the funniest is "10 creative ways to cut up your credit card" at Gather Little by Little. Blowtorch, anyone?
