Easy Change

So, this past weekend I was looking at funny pictures. I highly recommend the site PetsWhoWantToKillThemselves.Com . It had me giggling all day as I kept thinking about some of the photos on there. At any rate, over the course of the day, I determined that there was some sort of virus, malware, or rootkit installed and my AVG Anti-Virus started going haywire. Wanting to take no chances, I quickly backed up my files and decided it was time to wipe out my computer. Of course, it is always tempting to try to salvage it to avoid doing crazy reinstalls of everything, but I decided that in this case it would be better to just go for broke. Being an IT guy, I was able to do it myself, but it totally took the whole day, even though there was no real issue or crisis to it. It just takes a really long time. And one thing it made me realize is that I should get back into doing that more often because the money was decent compared to the amount of effort it took.

Being debt free is sexy. There. I said it. Nothing is more attractive than someone who has their financial house in order. It often indicates this person is self confident, has drive and motivation,and most importantly, knows how to execute. Who doesn't want to be with someone who knows how to execute? All that being said, what is the best thing that we can do in terms of reviewing the debt reduction strategy for Christmas. The first, and it bears repeating is that you should reduce spending on Christmas and avoid putting anything on credit cards. The next two ideas are more novel and could really help with your debt reduction. 1. When you are asked what you want for Christmas say you want some help paying off some debt. Give you friend/relative the address and account number of the bill and have him/her pay an amount equal to your gift. Some might think this is tacky or smells like a hand out but I disagree. This is admitting you need help and directing resources someone wants to ...