There is no use in crying over past mistakes you have made with your money. You have screwed up and now it is time for you to right your wrongs. That begins and ends with eliminating your debts. Here’s how this is going to work.
The Big Picture
First make sure you know full and well just how much you owe. This is not the time to be coy or bashful. You must lay all your cards out on the table. Start with a sheet of paper and label each debt with who you owe, how much and what is the interest rate. Do family and friends count? If you owe them money they do. Even $5 matters in the grand scheme of things.
Small to Big
This is a common practice and one you should use. Make sure you pay the smallest debt first. If you owe your friend five dollars, then that is where you should start. The first thing you should do is pay them off and use the money you were paying to them to roll over into the next debt. This will help you overall and give you a snowball effect. In the meantime you can curb your spending with a prepaid Visa card.
Big Loans
For the big money you owe, don’t let the monthly payments fall behind. Just pay the minimums while you work on the small stuff and eventually you can roll all that money into the big debt. That will save you a lot of money in the long run and that’s what you need to eliminate debt.
