Living Life Debt Free

By Ancient1 on Sunday, March 16, 2008

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In recent times life has not been treating me well. I was once a millionaire with more than 4 properties of very high nett worth value. I had 3 cars , one sport and one luxury car and one family car, plasma tv’s , the latest in technology gadgets and other hardcore boys toys.  But in the past 5 months I have lost nearly everything even my job. It is very hard to live on but one has to live on. Now blogging is my life. Earning not more than only USD 500 a month it is still quite difficult to live. But I dont have a choice.

Even so after selling whatever I have it is still not enough to pay my loans and my other debts. How am I supposed to live debt free with all these problems. Making sure I can livem each month after month is not easy at all. Making sure that bills are paid and there is still enough for food.

The easiest and fastest way to make sure that I am able to live is surely to consolidate my finances and make sure that the payments will be lesser than what I am paying now. Bill consolidation is surely the easiest and best way out in this situation. And getting a job is the second thing that I must do. Although I have started to earn money by blogging but it wont be enough to live life as what it used to be. I am not looking to making millions anymore but just to live a simple life.

When you choose to use a company to help you consolidate your debts you should always choose one which is known by the banks and well used by the public. This is to make sure that when you receive your credit counselling it should be of good use and with experienced counselling. Such companies do exist. Most of them are government related and some dont even charge you for the services as it is a public awareness and public service. You will receive complete analysis of your income, debt and spending habits. The consolidator will act as a counselor in this situation and develop a plan of specific actions and behaviors which will result in long-term financial health. If you are totally honest during this process, you will be able to see exactly how you got into financial distress and what changes need to be made in your spending. Further, if you faithfully follow the recommendations of your consolidator, you will live a much more secure and stress-free life. Most important, the non-profit bill consolidator looks at the total picture. His priority is not merely to solve the current issue but to provide long-term permanent prevention. The for-profit consolidator may not be as concerned with this crucial prevention phase.

The main idea of consolidating your bills is to make sure that you understand that life continues on for everyone and you would have to buff up and live on. There are always bad times but there are also people who have more problems than you. The easy way out is not an option. I know I have tried it to no success.