After years of being in debt, Rachel Kramer Bussel came to a realisation: If I dont become proactive about it, I will be in debt for the rest of my life.
For Ms Bussel, a freelance writer from New Jersey, that meant scaling back spending and putting any available money towards the debt principal.
Starting to see it go in the right direction helped me amp it up, she says.
I felt like, maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Ms Bussel, whose debt came from credit cards, student loans and back taxes, finally paid off all of her debt, which at one point exceeded $100,000, in 2020.
Paying off debt is a common goal as the new year kicks off.
Bills for holiday shopping and other end-of-year spending often come due in January and this…
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