Begin by understanding that the pride of ownership follows the pride of earnership. If you want something do not buy it unless you are able to pay for it. Every time that you buy something that you cannot afford you are mortgaging your future.

Stop thinking that you have to have all the trinkets that are advertised on the TV and in magazines. Stop thinking that you have to buy all the doodads that your friends and neighbours buy. You do not. Most of the things people spend their money on are not necessary. Most of the things you buy will be forgotten very quickly but the debt that you used to buy them will hang around and control your life.

Whenever you are tempted to buy something on credit remember that the company you are buying from want you to take credit. They want you to take credit because they will make more money from charging you interest on the loan than they will make on the item that you are purchasing. That is money that you will no longer be able to spend on something else.

Once you have accepted responsibility for your problems you are in a position to begin to deal with them. Start by listing all of your debts and then preparing a budget. When you prepare the budget ensure that you will have some money left over each month to reduce your debts and then faithfully apply that money to pay off your smallest debt first. Continue in this way until you are debt free.

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