Getting into serious levels of credit card debt and then trying to get out of it is quite comparable to gaining weight and then trying to lose it. Reaching a level of excess debt or weight is a disturbingly fast and easy process; it's getting back to safe and healthy levels of debt and weight that requires that you follow a strict plan over a long period of time.
Most people who gain a lot of excess weight never originally planned on doing so. Such things just happen as a result of an extended period of unhealthy lifestyle choices that stretches over several years. Similarly, credit card debt does not suddenly appear. Instead, it tends to grow over time until it becomes an uncontrollable problem.
The difference is that credit card debt will catch up to you a lot faster and leave you feeling a lot worse when the full effects are known. There is no surgery you can get to pay off credit card debt like there is to lose weight so you need to pay off credit card debt yourself and there are things you can do to help the process along.
The first thing you can do, and it seems so obvious, is to stop using the credit cards. Many people get themselves into a vicious circle where they need the room on the credit card to buy gas and food but they cannot afford to pay anything but the minimum monthly payment. Then the credit card company seems like saviors when they raise your limit but all they are doing is keeping you trapped in the cycle. So the first step in the quest to pay off credit card debt is to stop using the cards.
Only use cash and if you don't have enough extra cash each month to pay your bills and do the things you need to do then you need to move on to the next step in all of this to help you pay off credit card debt faster.
It Will Take Hard Work
Unfortunately the way to pay off credit card debt is through hard work and sacrifice and that means a few things. First of all you need more money coming in and if that means taking on overtime at work, or even getting a second job, then that is what you have to do. This is not going to be easy and it will seem hard at times but if you do it right then there can be a light at the end of the tunnel and you will work very hard knowing there is a destination instead of that heavy feeling you get when two full time jobs become your necessary lifestyle every month.
Make a plan and have a way you are going to use that extra money to satisfy your debt and you will have a light to move towards.
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