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The good news is that with the right plan you can get out from under that credit card debt with only a little bit of extra budgeting work. The plan should include all your income and debts with priorities on each.

Step 1

Make a list of all your bills and categorize them. I suggest you use a different folder for each type of bill: one for credit cards, one for medical, mortgage, bank statements, etc... You can use anything from individual files in a filing cabinet to just using separate envelopes in a drawer.

Step 2

Create a monthly budget by first determing your monthly income and recurring expenses. Make sure to use your take home income and not your "gross income." You should also prioritize your expenses based on your needs versus wants. Basic needs include your rent/mortgage, utility bills, food and transportation. These types of expenses should be paid first for obvious reasons and should come before things like clothing, gifts and weekend trips. Now once the spending plan is done you will either see that you've got some mon
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good intentions" phase and you're now faced with, on average, an additional $2,000 in holiday credit card debt.

The good news is that with the right plan you can get out from under that credit card debt with only a little bit of extra budgeting work. The plan should include all your income and debts with priorities on each.

Step 1

Make a list of all your bills and categorize them. I suggest you use a different folder for each type of bill: one for credit cards, one for medical, mortgage, bank statements, etc... You can use anything from individual files in a filing cabinet to just using separate envelopes in a drawer.

Step 2

Create a monthly budget by first determing your monthly income and recurring expenses. Make sure to use your take home income and not your "gross income." You should also prioritize your expenses based on your needs versus wants. Basic needs include your rent/mortgage, utility bills, food and transportation. These types of expenses should be paid first for obvious reasons and should come before things like clothing, gifts and weekend trips. Now once the spending plan is done you will either see that you've got some mo
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Step 1

Make a list of all your bills and categorize them. I suggest you use a different folder for each type of bill: one for credit cards, one for medical, mortgage, bank statements, etc... You can use anything from individual files in a filing cabinet to just using separate envelopes in a drawer.

Step 2

Create a monthly budget by first determing your monthly income and recurring expenses. Make sure to use your take home income and not your "gross income." You should also prioritize your expenses based on your needs versus wants. Basic needs include your rent/mortgage, utility bills, food and transportation. These types of expenses should be paid first for obvious reasons and should come before things like clothing, gifts and weekend trips. Now once the spending plan is done you will either see that you've got some mo
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net to just using separate envelopes in a drawer.

Step 2

Create a monthly budget by first determing your monthly income and recurring expenses. Make sure to use your take home income and not your "gross income." You should also prioritize your expenses based on your needs versus wants. Basic needs include your rent/mortgage, utility bills, food and transportation. These types of expenses should be paid first for obvious reasons and should come before things like clothing, gifts and weekend trips. Now once the spending plan is done you will either see that you've got some mo
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ersus wants. Basic needs include your rent/mortgage, utility bills, food and transportation. These types of expenses should be paid first for obvious reasons and should come before things like clothing, gifts and weekend trips. Now once the spending plan is done you will either see that you've got some money left over to pay down your debts and increase your savings or you'll find that things are tighter than you thought. If you don't have anything left over I recommend you contact a professional financial counselor so that they can go through a complete budgeting process with you. They can also recommend ways to get you out of debt and even help you with a debt management plan.

Step 3

If you find that you've got some money left at the end of the budget exercise than you should divide those funds between debt reduction and savings. You should start by paying down high interest credit card bills and loans which will save you money over time. You should also sock some money aside from unplanned emergency expenses. This emergency fund can help you stay out of credit card debt in case something unexpected occurs.

You should always be on the lookout for signs of debt trouble. If you are falling behind on the important things like January's mortgage or your rent; maybe you've started to use your credit card on things you should be using cash for like groceries. If you end up skipping some debt payments in order to make others then you are starting to enter that debt spiral.