My Journey From Debt

I know I’ve been neglecting this site lately, but I have not lost focus as to the goal that it represents. I am pretty sure that I have made some significant progress since last time I updated, but I don’t know for sure. Rather than run around and try to recalculate everything, I will just kinda pick up where I left off and update my accounts as the statements arrive in my mailbox.

One bright note that I will mention today is that I had a couple of bills arrive this past week and by using my rounding up method, I don’t have to pay them this month. My internet bill shows a credit of $13.73 and my landline/cable bill shows a credit of $8.94 and both say “Do Not Pay” in the “Payment Due By” space.

Oh, and as for an excuse in regards to my absence, I had an opportunity to travel a small amount right when this site fell dormant, and since then have taken on some additional part-time work that keeps me busy but is helping me get a bit closer to financial freedom. Now that I’ve returned here, though, I’ll get into the habit of posting all of my financial matters as well as reading and commenting on the sites of the people in my “Sites I Like” section of my sidebar!

Life Is Colourful is giving away over $3,000 worth of cash and prizes as part of a birthday celebration. Since this site is extremely new and I need to do something to get some recognition, I decided to participate in this celebration.

This contest is worth entering because with the number of prizes available, your chances of winning something are pretty good. Besides, everyone is a winner; seriously, each participant of this contest will get an eBook from The University Kid.

Here is the massive prize list for this promotion:

Colourful Blog Anniversary Contest - Win Over $3000 in Cash and Prizes
Blogging Tools & Products, Webmaster Resources, Memberships

- A product to help you making money: Super Affiliate Blogger and Wordpress Adsense Theme by Easywordpress ($194 value - 2 x $97)
- Two-year subscription to GoStats Pro [One of the web’s leading traffic stats providers] by GoStats ($180 value - 2 x $90)
- Five One-Year VIP Memberships to CreateBanner.com by Xavier Media ($175 value - 5 x $35)
- 100,000 [One hundred thousand] Tnx points by Tnx.net ($125 value)
- Two One-Hour Consultation Sessions by TheUniversityKid ($100 value - 2 x $50)
- “Building An Internet Business From Scratch - Making $1,000 After 24 Hours” DVD by Marcus Hochstadt ($100 value)
- Two copies of Direct Response Templates for Salesletters and Salesstickies by Carl “Kidblogger” ($74 - 2 x $37)
- Two Copies of “TO DO List Software” by Fruitfultime ($60 value - 2 x $30)
- One 30 minutes of blog consultation by The Net Fool ($40 value)
- Blog Bundle Pack 2 [Specially designed for Bloggers] by 1 Cool File ($20 value)

Cash Prizes

- $30 cash prize by Capitalist Guide ($30 value)
- $25 cash prize by Autoline Reviews ($25 value)
- $25 cash prize by Health and Fitness Center ($25 value)
- $20 cash prize by Leisa Watkins ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by Travel Tips ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by New Homes Section ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by Social Networking Sites ($20 value)
- $20 cash prize by Quality Vista ($20 value)

All prizes shall be given through Paypal

Books and eBooks

- Three copies of “Work Smart, Get Rich!” eBook Donated by The Net Fool ($45 value - 3 x $15)
- Autographed Copy of “The 5 Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth” book by Leisa Watkins

Advertising Space

- Four 3-months textlink at Life is Colourful ($360 value - 4 x $90)
- Four 3-months textlink at Finance Blog ($180 value - 4 x $45)
- One Greenland Country Ad Space at Buy a Nation ($125 value)
- Full Set of Advertising Space by Roman Dock ($125 value)
Two 125 x 125 ($20 value - 2 x $10)
Three 468×60 ($30 value - 3 x $10)
Five Textlinks ($50 value - 5 x $10)
One Full Review ($25 value)
- Four 3-months 125 x 125 banner slots at Article Rewrite ($120 value)
- Ten Featured Links at Piggy Web Directory ($100 value)
- Ten Textlinks worth $10 bid each at BYDY Link Bid Directory ($100 value)
- Four Express Link Submissions Forever at Mad Mouse Directory ($51.80 value - 4 x $12.95)
- Two Featured Link Submissions for One year at Mad Mouse Directory ($49.90 value - 2 x $24.95)
- One 125 x 125 at Winning the Web by Gyutae Park ($50 value)
- One Full Blog Review at Life is Colourful ($50 value)
- Five Featured Links at Directories.bz ($50 value) * These apply to directory submissions only, Flippable.
- Three Featured Links for Six Months at Massive Net Links Directory ($30 value)
- Three Featured Links for Six Months at Internet Stromer Directory ($30 value)
- Three Featured Links for Six Months at Internet Ahead Directory ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at Blogging Fingers ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at New Homes Section ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at Sueblimely ($30 value)
- One 125 x 125 at Life is Colourful ($30 value)
- One Full Blog Review at Finance Blog ($30 value) * These apply to Finance service reviews, Flippable.
- One 125 x 125 at Dot Com Mogul ($25 value)
- Two 125 x 125 at Vincent ($20 value)
- One Full Blog Review at Lightnings Blog World (value $20)
- One 125 x 125 at The WWW Blog ($15 value)

Entrecard Credits

- 2500 Entrecard Credits by Life is Colourful
- 2000 Entrecard Credits by Sueblimely
- 1000 Entrecard Credits by Lightning Blog World
- 500 Entrecard Credits by Vincent

Total: 6,000

Ok, it’s time to promote and link to a couple of other sites within this personal finance niche…

Over at Almost Frugal, Kelly is giving away 3 $10.00 gift cards. One to Target, one for Barnes & Noble, and one for Bath & Body Works. Now, I’m not one to shop at Bath and Body, but I would be more than happy to win either of the other two. There are three ways to enter so check it out and get in on the fun.

The other thing I would like to mention is that LuLuGal is giving away a $10.00 gas card over at How I Save Money. This is another simple promotion with three ways to enter. While this counts as one entry, hopefully I will have time before Tuesday to write an actual post that meets all the criteria to get a second entry. Although, with the way gas prices are going, by the time the winner actually gets this prize it will probably be good for about 2 gallons!