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I've spoken to individuals who like to ask me what some good quick tips are for managing your finances to begin with. First of all there aren't any 'quick' tips to finance, financial management is a serious business that's a 'lifestyle' change which should be a habit that positively affects every aspect of your life. There are certain steps that you can take right now to start a lifelong road to financial harmony in your life for many years.
Very first thing to start doing is stop using charge cards. I understand this sounds easy and a no brainier but exactly how often have we been out and saw something we wished to purchase but was without the money on us or even the profit the bank in those days but we tell ourselves it is OK to put this on my small credit card since i will pay just them back after i get my next paycheck. I recommend this theory is only effective 1% of times. This practice hurts to your finances because consider what scenarios could arise between the times you charge this item to credit and also receive your paycheck. You might have random automobile troubles that require immediate attention and I assure you the mechanics will need payment for their services at the time they're rendered. Let's say you become ill and want to charge certain medical items and prescriptions or doctor visits to your charge card, and of course probably the most dreaded thing can happen from using your charge cards until you receive money.... you create a practice of this and continually charge items to your card and before you know it one item becomes six or ten by the time you get paid, this possibly consumes your whole paycheck by now. Now how are you going to pay the car note and bills and rent or mortgage? This primary part of unsecured debt elimination for your personal finances would be to stop making use of your charge cards, but this is more compared to actual physical act of refraining from charging what to credit, I'm also referring to this task like a mental change. You have to first develop a mental attitude that credit is a kind of evil, as far as every single day expenses are concerned, and mentally create a switch to desire a credit debt free lifestyle. Also realize that even though you purchase just one $5.00 item before the next paycheck, you are still considered $5.00 more in debt. When you come to fully realize this idea then you can get ready to avoid the temptations of charging simple daily items to credit cards.
The 2nd tip for personal financial management is after you have developed no credit card attitude and started to really stop using charge cards for random nonsense expenses, nonsense here meaning not really a necessity, create a intend to start a separate checking account with a starting objective of $1,000 in it. This tip does not mean to ignore other outlays and put the savings first, of course you must pay your expenses first and foremost. However with expenses be sure you are only paying for as numerous necessary items as humanly possible such as utility bills, and loan repayments. Critique your expenses monthly and ensure you aren't wasting cash on useless magazine subscriptions, eating at restaurants excessively (yes McDonald's does count here...buy groceries people), and purchasing random items that catch your eye at the checkout line. Once your expenses are taken care of try taking some money that you would otherwise waste on other purchases and start putting it into a separate checking account in a bank of your choosing (do not concern yourself about finding an interest yielding checking account at this time). The important thing here's separate account. Don't mix your regular checking or any other savings accounts you might have with this one (you will notice why in articles in the future later). Create a realistic intend to begin saving for $1,000, be it setting aside $50 per month or $250 per month and so on. Saving for $1,000 has few purposes: first it develops a very important mental attitude within you by allowing you to develop a practice of saving money on a regular basis; secondly this $1,000 is going to be a starting point to have an emergency fund which we'll discuss later.
Begin with both of these steps by getting the mindset that credit card charging is no best to your credit debt elimination purposes and get into the practice of not using your credit card to charge anything if at all possible. Secondly make a game plan for setting up a separate savings account and create a realistic plan to save up to $1,000 within a reasonable period of time.
