Consolidate Credit Card Debt
Do you have credit card debt? Are you struggling with debt from several credit cards like Mastercard, Visa and others? Have you ever crossed your mind to consolidate credit card debt? It is very easy to jump on the debt carousel and when you first...
Consolidate Your Debt With A Home Equity Loan And Improve Your Credit Score
A home equity loan is a loan based on the difference between what your current home value is and what you currently owe on your house. There are also mortgage companies that will loan a little over the equity you have in your home. They can usually...
Debt Consolidation 101
Debt consolidation occurs where one takes out a loan in order to
pay off two or more existing debts. Consolidating existing
unstructured debt into one personal loan may save on your
monthly outgoings while, at the same time, offering a...
Debt Consolidation: A Simpler Solution
When you feel like you are swimming in a sea or bills and debt,
there are potential solutions to ease the chaos, and even save a
bit of money, while making your life a lot simpler.
Debt consolidation is a method of immediately paying off...
Q: As a result of my divorce, I'm left with more debt than I can handle. Is there an alternative to bankruptcy?
One of the often-unintended consequences of divorce is the burdensome debt that was formerly handled by two, now to be handled by one. Creditors hold both spouses liable for debt incurred during the marriage. Any agreement between the spouses...
Pay Down Your Debt Now. Don't Wait For The Perfect Situation.
The number one reason people don’t get out of debt is they don’t try. This may apply to you. You want to, but never seem to do it. You put it off for whatever reason.
Sometimes, you want to wait for your life to be just right before you make the attempt. You tell yourself, when I get the new job, when I receive the next promotion, or when I get my next raise, I’ll go to work on my debt.
Perhaps you are waiting for some artificially set date. You tell yourself the first of the year will be a good time to start or when you get back from vacation. Whenever it is, it is always in the future.
I call this “perfect situation procrastinating.”. This allows you to put off any action, while you wait for your situation to be perfect. It reminds me of a story I read the other day about a mother registering her daughter for kindergarten.
The mother, a school teacher, took her daughter to register for kindergarten. They were greeted by the kindergarten teacher near a table outside the room. On the table she had some paper and crayons. The mother stood back while the teacher did, what the mother recognized as, a simple screening of her daughter’s abilities.
The teacher asked the child to choose her favorite color crayon and write her name on one of the pieces of paper. The mother hovering in the background, knew her daughter could not only spell her name, but the names of all
her family members. She was pleased her daughter would do so well.
However the child just stood and stared at the crayons. The teacher again asked her to choose her favorite color and write her name. The child remained still. Her mother knew she could do this but stayed back to allow the teacher to handle it. The teacher then put her arm around the girl and told her it was all right, she would learn to write her name during the school year.
As the little girl and mother rode home the mother asked her why she didn’t write her name. Her daughter responded, “She asked me to write my name with my favorite color and there was no pink crayon.”. The little girl, very capable of doing what was asked of her, didn’t do it because the situation was not perfect. Many times we are the same way.
As you get ready to tackle your debt, do that of which you are capable, not waiting for the perfect situation. While it is important to have a plan, it is more important to just begin. A plan may be adjusted as you go, but if you continually adjust your start date, you will never put your plan into action. So, start now, don’t wait for your pink crayon.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Wilding has for the past ten years worked with groups and individuals to help get rid of their debt. Visit his website http://www.debtattack.com for more ideas, tools, and strategies to help reduce your debt.