March 1, 2009
How To Live A Great Life Without Debt
Have you ever given any consideration to a life without debt? Can you even imagine how you would function without credit cards, without a mortgage and without owing money to anyone? What would you do if you wanted to hire a car or stay in a hotel or buy concert tickets?
I am sure you find it really frightening to see the news, when the main topic is always the recession and the financial problems in the world today.They continue to tell us how bad things are including all the losses of jobs, the homes that families are losing, the many business that have had to close down. It makes feeling positive a very difficult thing to do. If you have already been a victim of the share market then you really understand what its all about.
Are you sick of thinking negatively? It only makes our stress greater and drains our energy. How about some positive energy. What can we do? How would it feel if you made a goal to start today living without debt? Would that give you something positive to get stuck into? Would you know how to begin? If not, I can help you with some good ideas
Cut up the credit cards now. Then get into your bank or look online for the best deal in debit cards. With a debit card you can only spend the money that is already in your account. If there is no money in there, then you can’t spend it. Debit Cards are the wonderful no debt way that you can pay for your hotel reservations, you can pay for your rental car with them and you can also pay for necessities with them.
Yes I know you still owe lots of money on your credit cards, its time now to start paying them off. The quickest way to do that is, pay the minimum amount owing on all the cards except for the one with the lowest amount owing. That one you need to pay extra, as much as possible above the minimum. Do this until you have paid the credit card off. Now add the money you have been paying off this card to the minimum on the next lowest balance owing card and pay that one off. Keep doing this till all your credit cards are paid off completely.
Here are some more quick tips. Create a realistic budget for the family and use it, only use your cash or debit card to pay for everything. Get automatic deductions from your pay straight into an emergency fund each month. If you need or want to buy something, save for it and pay for it in cash
A life without debt will be amazing for you. Your life will have less stress and you will feel more secure knowing that you don’t owe anyone money. You will know that if the global economy is great or not doing too well it will not have any effect on you. You will be able to enjoy the most incredible lifestyle and sleep easily knowing that you are living a life without debt.
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