1961: 6 Ways to Knock Out Creditors by Red with Budgets Are Sexy

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🗓️ 16 July 2022

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Red with Budgets Are Sexy provides 6 ways to knock out creditors Episode 1961: 6 Ways to Knock Out Creditors by Red with Budgets Are Sexy J. Money is a 6’1, hyperactive, rock a ‘hawk who loves drinking beer, blaring hip-hop, talking about money, and now playing with his two adorable baby boys. He tracked his expenses for 3 months, made a budget, read some books, and stumbled into personal finance blogging and idea sharing, randomly turning BudgetsAreSexy.com into his full time “real job” a few short years later--14 million views later! The original post is located here: https://www.budgetsaresexy.com/6-ways-to-knock-out-creditors/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily Episode 1961, six ways to knock out creditors by red with
0:08.4	budgetsorsexy.com and I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast Diana Mariam.
0:15.3	If you didn't know already, we have a bunch of shows reading blogs for you, just search
0:20.3	for Optimal Living Daily to find all of them, but for now let's get to today's post
0:26.2	as we optimize your life.
0:32.8	Six ways to knock out creditors by red with budgetsorsexy.com
0:39.4	What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of credit card debt?
0:43.7	Maybe it's maniacal company executives laughing as they toss the money earned on your interest
0:49.3	up in the air or the stress involved in mapping out your payments towards debt freedom?
0:55.4	If you've been down in the trenches, deep in credit card debt, missing payments and
1:00.4	accumulating multiple overdraft fees, maybe your first thought is a phone call after harassing
1:07.1	phone call from collection agencies trying to get their money back.
1:12.0	In 2007, I was $3,500 in credit card debt, working full-time while going to school full-time
1:19.1	and struggling to pay my bills.
1:21.5	I couldn't even make minimum payments on the six credit cards I had opened and maxed
1:26.4	out to pay for my lifestyle.
1:29.0	Even though I was living like a student where cable and digs were concerned, I had a nasty
1:34.2	shopping habit, clothes and new furniture were my weaknesses.
1:39.1	It didn't take long for companies to begin calling me, night and day, every hour on the
1:45.0	hour.
1:46.0	I answered before I caught on to the numbers.
1:48.8	I began ignoring all phone calls from numbers I didn't recognize, fearing there were from
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