There are certain things in life that you will wish to avoid if you want to have a secure financial present and future for yourself and your family. Credit card debt is certainly one of those things that you should be avoiding. People do not always realise or think about it but keeping an outstanding credit card balance is one of the most expensive financial arrangements you could possibly subscribe to. If you have even an average interest rate, and not too much of an outstanding balance, you could be wasting literally hundreds of pounds a year by not paying off your outstanding balance in full each month.
There are also other problems with keeping a high amount of credit card debt. You will be making your credit rating worse for one thing. And this is something that you should be concerned about. Credit providers, banks, insurance companies and even employers will use your credit rating as a means of assessing your financial standing. If you have a very high outstanding credit card debt, or are close to your credit card debt limit, this will be regarded as a negative in the assessment of your credit score and for this very purpose, it is something that you should be...