One of the best ways to get the financial freedom is to eliminate your credit card debts.
If the debt keeps up multiplying in your life then it would drive you crazy and ruin your life.
The smudge would stay up in your record preventing you from acquiring a car loan, a mortgage etc (If you ever declare bankruptcy, forget it, it will be on your credit record and affect your credit rating for seven to 10 years.
) Credit card companies attract consumers with low introductory rates; cash advance checks and other gimmicky promotions.
What consumers don't actualize is that they are at the credit card company's mercy.
That low introductory rate can quickly turn into a 30% APR.
By eliminating your debt, you can save up your finances for retirement, college and other savings venues.
Here are some best instructions to eliminate you credit card debts, for which you should be prepared to make changes in your everyday work: Take a paper and pencil and write down your budget.
Make two columns, write the sources of income in one column and write down all the expenditures in the other column.
In the other column you would like to mention the outstanding balance, interest rate, and minimum payment.
This information can easily be found on your last monthly statement.
Sum up each column and see how much money is left from the income and how much money you have to pay in future to clear your expenses.
Most of them would be the credit card debts.
Now start searching for ways how you can minimize your expenditure and save money more, cut down your extra expenses, go for cheaper things or switch to higher deductible insurance policy.
Eat out less and stop spending too much on groceries.
Put beside your credit card and stop making purchases from it.
Try to pay everything directly by cash or check.
In this way you will be continuously realized that you have saved up your money.
You can even do a yard sale to get more money by selling your used or old items.
This will help you to raise some extra money to eliminate your debts.
Consider using the other people's yard sale to buy necessary items such as clothes etc at a much cheaper rate and sometimes these secondhand items are more valuable then you have thought.
Learn to differentiate between your needs and wants.
To eliminate your credit card debts completely, you should adopt the method of paying more than the minimum.
Try to go for a single credit card company instead of multiple companies.
In this way you will be saved from making multiple payments to different companies every month.
You may also consider a debt consolidation loan.
So from today onwards be very cautious and careful when dealing with these credit card debts so that you do not make mistakes which would lead you to a worse situation of having a piled up debt.