Debt Free Adventure

Debt is a nasty creature and if you’re fighting it, you should check out the site Debt Free Adventure, authored by Matt Jabs. As you can tell from his about page and twitter profile, Matt takes a biblical view on the principles of debt reduction and financial stewardship.

The Bible doesn’t hold debt in very high regard and neither does Matt, although he’s found himself in credit card debt two different times in his life (once during the college years, and then later when married and his spouse lost her job). Matt shares how they are overcoming the burden of debt on his blog and also shares his personal finance stories as a contributor over at FiveCentNickel.

About Matt

Matt will celebrate an anniversary pretty soon, his site will be one year old in January! He’s come a long way in that time as he explains on his “about” page:

In less than a year I have: lost 40 pounds, defined my passions and long term goals, slashed my expenses, paid off over $4,000 in debt, saved over $2,000, created a lucrative side business – which you are reading at this very moment, and renewed my faith and commitment to being a good steward of what I have been given.

Recent Articles on Debt Free Adventure

• Interest Paid: How Much Debt Costs Spreadsheet
• Get Out of Debt Faster
• Extended Warranty Fund

Here are other posts from around the personal finance web:

Homes and Mortgages

• Can A Home Loan Modification Ruin Your Credit? @ The Digerati Life
• Effect of Foreclosure, Short Sale, and Bankruptcy on Your Credit Score @ Five Cent Nickel
• Home Buyer Tax Credit Expanded and Extended @ Money Ning
• Here’s a great comeback when negotiating to buy a property @ Mighty Bargain Hunter

Holidays

• Frugal Ways to Celebrate the Holidays @ My Dollar Plan
• too busy for vacation @ Brip Blap
• 10 Tactics for a Cheaper (and Saner) Thanksgiving Dinner @ The Simple Dollar
• How To Have A Wonderful Yet Frugal Thanksgiving @ Moolanomy
• Prepare for Next Christmas with SmartyPig @ Being Frugal

Career and Work

• Your Take: Your Best Career Tip? @ Bargaineering
• End 87 Percent of Problems at Work in 72 Hours @ Frugal Dad
• Five Steps to Six Figures in Seven Years @ Free Money Finance

Budgeting & Investing

• 5 Reasons Why You Will Retire Broke and Unhappy @ Generation X Finance
• Use Automatic Alerts to Avoid Late Fee and Returned Check Fee @ Suns Financial Diary
• 3 Principles of Successful Investors Part 1 @ Million Dollar Journey
• Financial Priorities And Principles @ No Credit Needed
• 3 Ways to Save Money During a Recession @ Good Financial Cents
• Breaking Down The Budget by Percentages. @ Budgets Are Sexy

Personal Finance

• Matching Charitable Donations @ Consumerism Commentary
• Why I Don’t Buy Digital Media @ Lazy Man & Money
• Stimulus Programs: Cash for Buyer’s Remorse? @ Get Rich Slowly
• Follow-Up: Google VoiceMail Now Works With Sprint @ My Money Blog
• How Loyalty Card Schemes Suck You In and Rip You Off @ Erica Biz
• Individual Health Insurance vs. Group Health Insurance @ Cash Money Life
• To Save Energy, California To Limit The Size TV You Can Buy. @ My Two Dollars

Thanks to the following sites for including our posts:

• Best of Finance & Investing @ 20smoney
• Personal Finance @ M is for Money
• Money Stories @ PTMoney
• 1031 Exchange @ Bankers Exchange Services
• Money Hacks @ Military Finance Network
• Money Stories @ M is for Money
• Festival of Frugality @ DomesticCents
• Money Stories @ Gather Little By Little

Ben Edwards, the founder of Money Smart Life, saved up enough to buy a Nintendo back when he was 12 years old. When he used the money to buy shares of Wal-Mart stock instead, he knew he wasn't like the other kids... His addiction to personal finance has paid off for his family and now he's helping you to afford the life that you want. Check him out on the web at Google Plus, Twitter and Facebook.

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