If your monthly debt payments to credit cards and banks and retail outlets, exceed 20% of your income, your debts are what might be termed out of control. If thats you, its time you took serious steps in a smart direction.
The first step you need to take in your self-examination is to write down what you owe, to whom, and how much they take off you each month. This is important, because so often we dont even count what were paying out, and we wonder why were always broke.
Once youve done that, identify the debts that are costing you the most. For example, are you paying more interest on one credit card than another? Is that retail charge account charging you a minimum of $50 per month, even though your interest is far less?
Dont worry about totals just look at percentages. That 23.5% interest rate on your MasterCard needs to be the first thing you lose. The 19% on the Visa, thats your next bet. Order them according to how much theyre ripping you off, and look your list over.
The first items on the list the bigger interest rates items you need to lose those and lose them now.
Perhaps you can sell some things you have lying around, and put...