Jul 5th, 2008
Snowflaking in the Summer: Watch Your Debt Melt Away
Your Link Payday for July 5, 2008 will be rescheduled for… it looks like July 6, 2008 (there’s a reason for this, but I can’t share it for a few days).
The summer here has been hot, hot, hot, and, fortunately for me, my snowflaking efforts have also been hot. Blog efforts in June netted its highest ever total: $142.12 (so well I doubt I can do quite that much in July, but I can certainly hope!). In addition, I received $4.55 in payment for an article (a really piece of an article, actually) I wrote, $10.37 from recycling, and $60 in a Discover Card “Cashback Bonus”. I was hesitant to call the money from Discover snowflakes since it was money I got back largely from a very large purchase via ShopDiscover (which I will cover at some point in the future, because it can be a great way to build Discover Cashback Bonuses), but since it wasn’t money I had coming in as any other form of income, I’m counting it.
So we’re looking at $217.04 in snowflakes in June! That’s the most since I started tracking this a few months ago by far, and added to my previous efforts of $293.83, it’s rapidly becoming “real money”: $510.87. If I was still saving for the MacBook, that would be close to 1/2 what I needed! Since I’m not saving for that, but instead to replenish some of the funds already used, I’ll take whatever I can get.
While I seriously doubt that I can match my June efforts in July, I will certainly give it the best shot I can. The power of small amounts is really showing over time, and hopefully I can keep the heat up on continuing to improve my finances this way the rest of the summer!
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