Carnival of Money Stories #86: New Year’s Resolution Edition

Welcome to the New Year’s Resolution edition of Carnival of Money Stories.  All articles are recent personal money stories or experiences about money.

It’s that time of year when you’ll read a lot about goals, plans and resolutions for 2011.  But what is the story behind New Year’s resolutions?

The common consensus seems to be that a form of the practice began with the ancient Babylonians when they would pay off debts (sounds like a familiar resolution) and return borrowed items.  The Romans kicked it up a notch by making resolutions for good conduct.

Here we are thousands of years later still trying to get it right.  While working on your resolutions, enjoy some good reading which may just inspire you.

Editor’s Picks

PT presents Lending Money to Family Members: Worth the Risk? which has four tips on how to avoid what happened in this story.

 Our $300+ Pile of Laundry from Amanda Grossman is a honeymoon tale about shopping around for services.

MoneyNing presents Does Making More Money Make You Rich? Income alone is not a good way to tally wealth.

 Paying Cash For A Home & God from BWL is a inspirational story about spending within your means and the results.

Business

Kyle Taylor presents Make Money By Taking a Walk.  You never know what you may find.

Career

HOW TO CHANGE CAREERS posted by Forest Parks shares two stories of successful career changes.

The Financial Blogger presents Running Multiple Blogs, Earning 6 Figures, Working Less Than 40 Hours – A How To Guide To Financial Freedom.  The title says it all!

Credit

Tim Chen presents Best Way To Buy Gas ? Gas Credit Cards or Discount Stations? saying, “Figuring out how you can score the cheapest gas can get complicated.”

Debt

Dave@50plusfinance presents Grandma’s Money Lessons Still Are True.  Of course they are!

Investing

retirebyforty presents 2010 Asset Allocation – It’s time to rebalance which is a timely story for all of us.

Investor Profiles is a story about frustrating communications with financial services company from Big Cajun Man.

Jessica shares The Modern Oregon Trail: Investing in a Family Future about how a 20-hour trip home “became an investment in ourselves, our family, and our futures.”

Other

I Got Scammed from Money Cone is a reminder about the importance of confirming subscription cancellations.

MoneyThinking presents Road Trip for Cheap. Another story about cutting costs while traveling.

How I Make Money Blogging from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff shares how a hobby turned into a nice side income in less than 9 months.

 Your Relationship With Money from Flexo discusses the importance of  money  to people.

Shopping

Boomer shares successful strategies for Cell Phone Shopping that can cut the stress down if not out.

Sustainable PF presents Your Dog’s Diet Could Cost You and Your Dog .  We examine ingredients a lot in our pet’s food and ours!

 The Time I Gave Cars is a wonderful story by Lindy demonstrating that teenagers can think of others.

Wenchypoo presents A Slave to the Spice Trade No More! I’m going to remember this strategy.

Super Saver presents Senior Discounts Begin at 50 , saying, “To my surprise, I learned some stores offer senior discounts beginning at age 40.”  I may be missing out on some bargains!

I’m a happy customer of all the businesses included in this article on Companies That GET Customer Service posted by Free From Broke. Some companies  just know how to treat a customer.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Carnival of Money Stories using our carnival submission form. Make sure to visit next week for new stories at Funny About Money.

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