Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Debt free – The State of Being an Independent Human Being

Guest Post by Shawn Ambrose

Human beings unlike animals aren't born free. They are bound by various relations and to various other things in life. Nowadays, debt too has become one such thing to which human beings are getting tied too. It seems to be a hard and heavy stone that has gotten tied to your leg and is pulling you down deep into the sea; into the abyss of darkness. But, the thing is that you will have to try and become debt free; and free yourself of this abyss of darkness.

Being debt free

So, what are the ways in which you can become debt free soon enough? If you really want to become debt free with ease and fastness, you will have to:

Prepare a frugal budget – First of all try to prepare a frugal budget so that you are able to save more than you can usually do. Frugality does not mean that you will have to give up on all of your luxuries. But, it is that you will have to try and lower all of the unnecessary expenditures, you will have to learn to save from whatever you are using, and you will have to change your spending style.

Lower usage of the credit cards – You will have to try and lower the usage of credit cards as these have the highest interest rates. Thus, if you miss payments, you will end up incurring high debt. Moreover, credit cards are ideal for emergency purposes. This will help you lower expenditures and thus maintain low debt levels.

Follow your expenses – It is important for you to follow all of your expenses closely so that you do not miss payments and so that you always remain within your limit and your budget.

Check your credit reports – It is better to check your credit report from time to time so that you do not miss out on any wrong listings and the right payment listings. This can otherwise lead to huge debt levels. Sometimes, wrong debts get listed on your credit report and it heightens your debts. Again sometimes, even if you make payments, the payment may not get updated on your credit report. So, you need to check out these and in order to do that you will have to get copies of your credit reports.

Make on-time debt payments – You will have to try and make the on-time debt payments on any of the accounts that you have. This helps you maintain low debt level and thus you are able to become debt free soon enough.

Being debt free gives you a different high. It feels so ecstatic and secure and stress free to live a debt free life. So, you can follow the above tips in order to maintain a debt free life and pay off your financial obligations soon enough. Have a look at the infographics below which shows the 5 ways to unload your debt burden and become debt free.

5 Get out of debt options



This article was submitted by Shawn Ambrose, who is a regular financial writer associated with the Debt Consolidation Care Community. His expertise is mainly on the different aspects of the debt industry.




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