Jun 21st, 2009
June 21, 2009 Link Payday
We’re back again. It’s been a real struggle to get everything done as of late, and while we haven’t missed a day of blogging here at Uncommon Cents, we’re having a lot of difficulty keeping up with Link Paydays. So with a sigh, here we go with a new edition highlighting the best of the last few weeks around the personal finance blogosphere:
JLP at All Financial Matters has a question I consider totally sensible: Can We Have a Recovery When People Have So Much Debt? I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t want to encourage folks to spend even more money we don’t have–that’s how we got into this mess in the first place!
Lynnae at BeingFrugal.net writes about homeschooling and personal finance intersecting when she says that Character Matters. It’s a great question–do you pay back what you owe? Do you do do what you say you will? These are great questions to ask yourself when you work on not just your finances, but just about anything.
Frugal Dad takes yet another tack on how to work on an impossible situation–When Stranded in a Forest of Debt, Just Keep Chopping. I agree one hundred percent. Sometimes anything is better than nothing, and when you’re too overwhelmed to come up with a plan, at least you can attack something–anything–until you can recover enough to come up with one.
I’ve Paid for This Twice Already brings up a sad tale of trying to cancel a family phone plan for a deceased family member, and she warns (and after reading the post I think it would be appropriate to scream it from the rafters) Verizon Family Plan Members–Be Aware.
Finally, Mrs. Micah looks at May’s Budget Successes and Failures. While she was certainly worried about what it might look like, it wasn’t as bad as she thought it was and she and her husband were able to put a hefty amount of money toward her husband’s college loans. That’s a big win for them!
And that’s your Link Payday for June 21, 2009!
