Why Is It So Hard to Pay Off Your Credit Card? (Part 3)
Part 3: Lifestyle Creep — The Slow Drift That Becomes the Avalanche You had a few splurges. Then came the crisis—car repairs, a medical bill,…
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A Decade of Dollars, Discipline, and Dodging Debt in the U.S. Army
I joined the United States Army at the tender age of 20, armed with youthful enthusiasm, a wife, and a baby on the way. I…
Why Is It So Hard to Pay Off Your Credit Card? (Part 2)
Part 2: Crisis Spending — When “No” Isn’t an Option In Part 1, we talked about the “Yes Trap”—how seeing a generous available balance on…
Why Don’t We Talk About Money?
Talking Will Lead To A Healthier Relationship With Your Money We’ve come a long way as a society when it comes to discussing the once-undiscussable.…
Why Is It So Hard to Pay Off Your Credit Card?
Part 1: The “Yes” Trap — How Available Balance Leads to Debt Quicksand You’re making payments. You’re trying to get ahead. But no matter how…