Persistence Is What You Need to Get Out of Debt
Nowadays many financial analysts tend to blame it all on people – if you are in
debt
it’s all your fault! You’ve been living beyond your means, you’ve been buying all the fun stuff you couldn’t afford and now you complain about evil lenders. I do not agree to that. Public schools do not teach personal finance. The current
debt
generation has grown up not knowing life without PLASTIC. Parents don’t teach personal finance, so everyone just does what their friends do - get plastic, and USE IT! The "Roaring 90's" was caused by an entire generation spending more than they made, which accelerated the giant bubbly which has now broken. Credit card
debt
skyrocketed to almost $1 TRILLION since 1990. Mortgage
debt
exploded as well. We consume more than we produce as a nation, and now the bill has come due. But the media have the answer for too much
debt
: borrow our way out of it!
I’ve inspected surveys that state the leading causes for personal bankruptcies. The majority is due to health problems and a health care system that leaves you with nothing but
debt
when you can’t go to work and can’t make the COBRA payments. It strips people of their retirement savings and other wealth in no time. The second biggest reason for personal bankruptcy is unemployment. Yet, the lenders and the media insist that the majority of bankruptcies are due to bad spending behaviors. The reality is that it is less then 3%.
When we talk about
debt
and key factors that help us get out of
debt
, we usually point the importance of smart financial choices, options of getting extra income to pay out more
debt
, but we miss out a very important thing – persistence and commitment. Persistence is the secret key ingredient you need when you decide on getting out of
debt
.
The very essence of
debt
is that it’s sticky – the more you seem to try to get out of
debt
, the more you get stuck. It is especially true if you listen to the tv commercials claiming that taking out a
debt
consolidation loan will save us all (buy yourself a way out of
debt
by borrowing even more – it’s brilliant!). Researchers say that once you get in
debt
you are most likely to stay in
debt
for years.
debt
by its nature tends to persist, so it’s the question of determination and persistence throughout the years as you struggle to get out of
debt
and stay
debt
free.
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