Welcome to the Carnival of Financial Goals. To see what the carnival is all about, read the Announcement of the Carnival of Financial Goals.The Carnival was overwhelmed with 98 submissions this month! I’ve selected 24 of the best articles and included them here.
Editor Picks:
Nicole presents The Zen And Art Of Coupon Clipping posted at Breaking Even, Inc.. Nicole made a goal to cut off $50 a month from her $250 a month grocery bill. See how she’s doing it.
Nancy presents 2008 Financial Goals Nearly Met posted at sunnyislandbreezes.com. Nancy checks in on how she’s doing on the goals she set back in November. I’ll give you a hint, she needs a new goal since she’s made a lot of progress. Way to go!
Sean presents Goal: Save $500 in Book Expenses using Public Library in 2008 posted at Financial Ramblings. Sean loves to purchase books on Amazon, but he’s committed to using the library instead. He details how many books he’s checked out and how much it saved him.
Chief Family Officer presents We’ve paid off the car - now what? posted at Chief Family Officer. CFO and family just paid off their car loan less than two months after they bought the car. Find out why their new goal is to start saving for another new car, even though they just bought one!
Dollar Frugal presents New Goals for the Mid-Year posted at Dollar Frugal. Once Dollar Frugal pays off the mortgage, they will be debt free. Cheer them on in their stretch goal!
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Don’t Want To Work Forever? Retire On Time With These 10 Tips! posted at The Digerati Life. SVB reminds us: “to get ourselves ready for retirement, we’ll need to weigh our retirement goal against shorter term goals and ensure that we’re not ignoring the important things.”
Cash Money Life presents Deciding What to Do With Your 401(k) When You Change Jobs posted at Cash Money Life. Patrick needs to decide what to do with his 401(k) this month. Find out what his choices are and how he will decide.
More articles about financial goals
Here’s the rest of the articles about goals and planning as they relate to personal finance.
The Dividend Guy presents Keeping and Eye on My Dividend Portfolio Goals posted at The Dividend Guy Blog, saying, “A review of my short-term and long-term investing goals.”
Save Money presents Save Money In An Emergency Fund posted at How I Save Money.net.
FMF presents Why Shopping Around for Car Insurance is a Good Idea (It Can Save You a Ton of Money) posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “A simple example of how to save money on car insurance.”
CMOE presents Improve Productivity With Goal Setting posted at Teamwork.
Nadege presents The actions I took that created my financial peak posted at fabulous finances.
Passive Income Investor presents $2,811 In Passive Income For April 2008 posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS & PASSIVE INCOME.
Tip Diva presents Top Ten Tips - Managing Your Personal Budget posted at Tip Diva, saying, “In uncertain economic times, it’s a smart idea to know where your financial status stands. If you’re looking to start cutting down on expenses, the best way to do so is creating a personal budget”
David B. Bohl presents How To Become Wealthy byLiving Within Your Means posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “Many of America’s wealthy get that way - and maintain the lifestyle - by making smart decisions about what to spend their money on.”
Brice Hogan presents How to Create an Effective Spending Plan posted at Financialzip.com.
Meg presents A funny thing happened on the way to frugality. . . . posted at Finally Frugal, saying, “An article explaining how we can create a new habit of decreasing spending and increasing savings.”
Mike Leonard presents Debt Management – Anyone for some elephant? posted at Until Debt Do Us Part.
Christopher Johnson presents Smart Personal Finances posted at christopheraaronjohnson.net.
Chris presents 9 Surefire Strategies NOT to Retire Early posted at nomad4ever.
Gerry Cueto presents Breaking Down Your Goals posted at Finding a Meaningful Career.
Tyler McKinna presents Staying Motivated With Personal Finance posted at Dividend Money, saying, “How to stay motivated about your personal finances. Finding out what drives you to achieve your financial goals.”
Todd presents Retirement: Farmer-style posted at HarvestingDollars.
mmhabits presents My Portfolio Dropped 8% - How’d Yours Hold Up? posted at Millionaire Money Habits.
Thanks for all the submissions! Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of financial goals using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Related Articles
Thank you, Madison, for both hosting and for the Editor’s Pick! Woo hoo!
Chief Family OfficerJune 5th, 2008 at 10:05 pm