Debt Reduction 101

How ironic that I hit “publish” on my blog and switch over to MSN to read this article from Jillian Michaels.
This article is to motivate people to lose weight, but when I think about my job situation, my aspiration to be a novelist and clawing my way out of the rest of my debt – [...]

My name is Michelle and I have a problem. I think I hate my job.
Well, wait a second – first and foremost, hate is a strong word. And secondly – I don’t think that I hate my job, I know that I’ve been pretty displeased with it for awhile. Work’s been reminding [...]

ughalaual;alalalalal … OK – how is that jibberish to explain my uncontainable excitement. As soon as I got home, there was a piece of mail waiting for me.
“Oh hello, nice little Citi Card statement, it is good to see you today.” Now of course I didn’t say that, but how fortuitous that on [...]

I hate to jinx myself, but I’ve also found that if I announce this to the blogosphere, it gives me a little bit more incentive to make good with my grandiose schemes.
I owe $444 and some change on my Citi Card. After this week’s paycheck that outstanding balance should be … ZERO! And [...]

I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I am really looking forward to this weekend because I have Monday off! Woo! A day off!
I’ll probably need that time to catch up on my Zzzs. I’ve recently had an epoch in my life and it’s been causing some sleepless [...]

Hey all – I have had a bunch of comments get stuck in my SPAM filter lately, so I’m very sorry if you’ve made a comment and I’m just getting around to approving them!
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I’ll be back writing this weekend – I’ve been swamped lately with landscaping stuff and trying to grapple with work (both jobs). [...]

I’ve been stockpiling some articles that I’ve found in various places lately and thought I’d share them.
I subscribe to newsletters, newspapers and various hobby-type stuff from all over the Internet – i.e., the New York Times, Rachael Ray’s cooking newsletters, cooking newsletters from Reiman Publishers (Taste of Home, Light & Tasty, etc.), local [...]

This was an interesting article that I found online at the New York Times about Suze Orman.
I don’t know if I would say Orman’s my favorite financial writer (do I have a favorite financial writer?), but I do think she has something to say. (And she says it loudly.)
What’s the consensus? Do folks [...]

OK – I’m on Day 16 of my “no-spend” challenge and things are going OK. I can’t say that I’m perfect, but I can say that my pantry is slowly clearing out, I’ve not spent more money than I’ve earned and that I should be able to make a tidy credit card payment at [...]

OK – it’s not really that bad, but I did buy 44 oz. of Diet Mountain Dew loving this afternoon after my lunch break. For $1.38, I am now happily caffeinated, although I’m still lacking focus.
I have an issue that I want to bounce past the blogosphere this afternoon. I recently found out [...]