Debt is like a bad disease. Often you don’t know where it has come from, or how it got you. Sometimes you may have had a few of the symptoms at first, but you don’t realize the full extent until you get completely bogged down. However, debt can have many much more serious side effects, including illness and serious stress and mental health issues. So, how can you escape the debt trap?

Many financial companies (often calling themselves debt relief help) offer to give you one big loan to pay off all your loans, this is also known as debt consolidation. While for some people this may be a good choice, it is something you need to think long and hard about. Will using debt to pay off debt really help you as a person in the long run? For some people, they see it as an easy way out, that won’t help them conquer the problem. Is it right for you?

Credit cards have fuelled a major debt increase. So, cut up all your cards except from one to keep just in case you have an emergency. You may want to try and go beyond just cutting up the cards, to actually asking the company who runs the card to not accept any more payments onto it.

Next, you need to create a budget and stick to it! Try to divide your income so you have 10% going into saving accounts for your future and around 50% -70% going into paying off all debts. You have to realize that for the next few years you won’t be living as comfortably as you may have been previously, but surely you would prefer to get your debts paid off now and sooner than have them growing while you live the high life?

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