The Quick Way To Pay Off Debts
It’s a horrible feeling when you have a lot of debt. Everyone is going to experience this at one time or another, and it’s something that a lot of us are unfortunately going to find is just a part of our life for a long time. If you have always had some kind of debt attached to your name, then you might find it hard to believe that you could ever live having paid off all of your debts. But it is always possible, even if you owe a lot of money to many different institutions and people in your life. In this article, we are going to look at some of the things you can do to speed up your debt repayment process, so that you can be freer sooner.
Consolidate It
If you have debts at a lot of different places, then you are going to want to consider whether it is best bringing them all together. There are many reasons why you might want to think about doing this. For one thing, when you owe money to many lenders, it means that you have much more of a chance of getting in real trouble, as they are all going to be hounding after you in their own way. You are also going to be paying extra for all of the separate interest rates with each of those debts. But by using debt consolidation, you can bring it all together into one larger debt that you then owe to the one lender. For many people, that can make the debt a lot more manageable and could mean that they pay it off much sooner.
Reduce Spending
One of the main things that you have to do if you are going to do away with debt is to reduce your spending. There are many ways that you can do that, and the first thing to do is to look at what kind of luxuries you might currently be investing in during your daily life which you don’t really need, or which you could at least reduce. Look at it as every penny you don’t spend frivolously, you can put towards your debt, and the closer you will be getting towards being free enough to do exactly what you want with your money anyway. The sooner you pay it off, the sooner you can spend your money at the pub, cinema, on games, or whatever it might be that you like to do.
Pay Off The Expensive One First
If you are not going to consolidate, then you will at least need to make sure that you are paying off your separate debts in as sensibel a manner as possible, otherwise you could end up taking so much longer for your debt to be cleared. Look to those which have high interest rates or charges attached to them first, and pay those off before putting any money towards the other ones. That should mean that you clear yourself of debt much sooner indeed.
Kate Davis-Holmes
Award-winning writer, blogger, social media consultant and charity campaigner. Social Media Manager for BritMums, the UK's largest parent blogging network Freelance clients include Firefly Communications and Save the Children UK. Works with brands on marketing projects. Examples include Visit Orlando, Give As You Live, Coca-Cola and Kodak. Cambridge Law graduate with many years experience working across three sectors in advice, media relations, events, training and project management. Available for hire at affordable rates.
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