Living paycheck to paycheck is no joke. My family has been there, and we don't ever want to go back to that situation. You can stop this situation from re-occurring. You can stop living paycheck to paycheck.
If you ask somebody who lives in this situation the question “What is Living Paycheck to paycheck?”, I am sure you'd hear horror stories and not so many wonderful stories.
A better way of Living is to live freely without regard to when your next paycheck is coming in. This is no easy feat, however.
There are a ton of people who live such a lifestyle even when they try their best to get out of such a situation. This doesn't have to be you.
A recent paycheck to paycheck statistics reveals that half of the American families are living paycheck to paycheck. Yikes.
I have read and heard these paycheck-to-paycheck stories. The beginning, the middle, and the end of such stories aren't for the faint of heart.
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Ways To Stop Living Paycheck To Paycheck
If you want to stop living paycheck to paycheck, rest assured that it won't be easy to break the cycle but it's always possible to cut it even when you don’t have the extra cash.
This doesn't mean that you can't get out of it. This doesn't mean that you'll be in this situation forever. No, that's not what I meant.
It can be difficult to break but not impossible.
Here are several practical ways you can follow to stop living paycheck to paycheck.
1. Admit you have a problem.
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When I was in debt, I blamed myself for the situation that my wife and I were in.
I looked into my credit card debt numbers, savings account figures, etc. and realized the math didn't add up and that's why I was in a big hole.
From there, my wife and I figured out ways to make things right. I got a side hustle to earn extra money, got a personal loan – saving us over $3,000 in interest payments, made a payment arrangement with the creditors, etc.
In less than three years, we paid off our 40K debt (story here) and stopped living paycheck to paycheck.
2. Find other ways to make money.
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