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Debt- Are You Over Burdened? by James Demeik http://www.debtbs.com Remember when you obtained your first loan? You feel the excitement because you can now buy stuff on credit. It probably never occurred for you to think about the debt created. Your just enjoying the new car you bought. Think about the looks on your friends faces when you pick them up. You need new clothes to go with your card. Department store credits do the trick. A gas credit card keeps the gas tank full. Little by little the debt grows. Before you know it, there is more debt then monthly income. What happened? Purchasing all the stuff was easy. Not until the bills arrive does it hit you that you can't pay them. Million of people every year find themselves struggling with debt. No magical solutions exist to make the problem disappear but there are particle solutions. Faster to create debt then to get out of it. Those consolidation loan offers on TV look real good. They make the situation worse because they don't address the reason for the debt. Your lack of control over spending. Most people find themselves even deeper in debt because they didn't stop to assess the situation in the first place. You may want to start by looking at your current monthly budget. Look for unnecessary spending and ways to eliminate and reduce your monthly spending. What debt or spending can you eliminate? Some example might be taking a bag lunch to work, instead of going to the local restaurant, giving up the weekly movies, or carpooling to work. It doesn't sound like much, but you will be surprised at how much you spend on non-essential items during the course of a month. You will also be surprised at how quickly this can help your debt situation, if you apply the money you have saved to existing debt. If spending reduction and elimination doesn't eliminate the debt, you need to look at a second job. Apply the income from second job to outstanding debt. Credit card companies and banks will work with you so you can pay off what you owe them The real solution is to take your debt seriously, before it gets out of hand. By taking corrective and preventative measures, you can live comfortably with a reasonable amount of debt. |