We're now down to the Championship game of Free Money Finance March Madness (if you wonder what's going on in these posts, see my article announcing March Madness and/or click on my March Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.)
To vote, simply leave a comment below with either "appreciate" or "learned" as your vote (one person, one vote). Criteria for the best article is somewhat subjective, but you can use these factors as a guide: 1) practicality of the post 2) how interesting/provocative/unique it is, 3) the "personal-ness" of it and 4) its impact on net worth.
Voting will end around 7 am on Tuesday and a winner will be named shortly thereafter.
Here are the two posts up for the championship:
- Do you appreciate what you have? (Appreciate) - Read about what how a simple volunteer event for my son one evening turned out to to have an impact on our whole family. His one hour volunteer effort gave us a completely different perspective on what we have and how fortunate we are. Do you appreciate the things you have? Don't ever forgot, some people have little to nothing.
VERSUS
- 10 Things I Have Learned About Money (Learned) - Since I started writing about personal finance a year ago I've really come to realize a lot of things about money. Some of them are basic, but some of them are life changing. Here is a rundown of the top 10 things I've learned about money in the past year.
Learned.
I love that both of these are great, from great CF writers.
Posted by: Miranda | April 03, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Learned
Gotta vote for my own, now don't I? Good luck gibble!
Posted by: Bible Money Matters | April 03, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Appreciate
Gotta vote for the one that made me cry!!
Posted by: KellyB | April 03, 2009 at 10:48 AM
appreciate
Posted by: Apex | April 03, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Learned
Posted by: sirdarquan | April 03, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Appreciate!
Posted by: Kimberly | April 03, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Appreciate
The shot in the arm I needed.
Posted by: katy | April 03, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Learned
Oh why couldn't there be co-champs? Both are such inspiring articles!
Posted by: Frugal Dad | April 03, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Learned
Posted by: hank | April 03, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Appreciate
Posted by: anonymous | April 03, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Learned
Posted by: FFB | April 03, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Learned
Posted by: Doug Whitney | April 03, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Learned
Posted by: Bill | April 03, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Learned
Although I enjoyed both...
Posted by: Ben | April 03, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Learned
Posted by: Nathan | April 03, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Learned
Posted by: Mae | April 03, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Learned
Posted by: Calah | April 03, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Appreciate
Posted by: Tim | April 03, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Learned!!
Posted by: Kathrn | April 03, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Learned
Posted by: Emily | April 03, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Appreciate
Posted by: Paul | April 03, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Appreciate
Posted by: LyndaS | April 03, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Learned
Posted by: tom | April 03, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Learned
Posted by: Steve C |MyWifeQuitHerJob.com | April 03, 2009 at 01:00 PM
Learned
Posted by: Arohan | April 03, 2009 at 01:04 PM
Learned
Posted by: Cassandra | April 03, 2009 at 01:21 PM
Learned
Posted by: Scott | April 03, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Appreciate.
Posted by: Christy | April 03, 2009 at 02:15 PM
Appreciate - Heart strings for the inspiring win!
Posted by: The Happy Rock | April 03, 2009 at 02:38 PM
Appreciate
Posted by: Matt SF | April 03, 2009 at 02:39 PM
learned
Posted by: Tom F. | April 03, 2009 at 02:55 PM
appreciate
Posted by: Claire | April 03, 2009 at 03:08 PM
Voting for my own: Appreciate
Best of luck Pete, just glad to be competing with a fellow Christian PF blogger and friend.
(now everyone vote Appreciate!!! - hehe)
Posted by: Glblguy | April 03, 2009 at 04:13 PM
learned
Posted by: Muk | April 03, 2009 at 05:40 PM
Learned
Posted by: Baker @ ManVsDebt | April 03, 2009 at 06:24 PM
appreciate
Posted by: Maggie | April 03, 2009 at 06:42 PM
I really hate having to choose... both Appreciate has been rattling around in my head ever since I read it...
Great work from the both of you!
Posted by: Do You Dave Ramsey? | April 03, 2009 at 07:05 PM
Appreciate
Posted by: Jetgirl | April 03, 2009 at 07:23 PM
appreciate
Posted by: Andy | April 03, 2009 at 07:28 PM
learned
Posted by: nc | April 03, 2009 at 08:00 PM
Learned
Posted by: Richer by the Day | April 03, 2009 at 08:17 PM
Appreciate
It's the basis for my financial decision making!
Posted by: linn | April 03, 2009 at 08:21 PM
appreciate
Posted by: dan | April 03, 2009 at 08:25 PM
Both of these are EXCELLENT posts... but I've gotta stick with my fellow Minnesotan.. I vote:
Learned
Posted by: Christina | April 03, 2009 at 08:27 PM
Learned.
Posted by: FS | April 03, 2009 at 09:25 PM
Appreciate
Liked them both!
Posted by: lm | April 03, 2009 at 09:42 PM
Learned.
Posted by: SWP | April 04, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Learned
Posted by: Eric | April 04, 2009 at 05:32 AM
Appreciate
Posted by: Bobbi | April 04, 2009 at 08:29 AM
Appreciate.
I came in on a referral from Learned's blog, and entered intending to vote for him, because I enjoy his blog and his chosen charity is certainly worthy. But Appreciate's story touched me more. For a number of years I was part of a group that cooked breakfast at a homeless shelter the first Saturday of the month. We brought our own supplies, and typically fed over 100 people. We were told it was their only hot breakfast of the month. So I have to applaud Appeciate's son, and encourage him to continue.
Posted by: Karen | April 04, 2009 at 08:50 AM