Monthly Archives: May 2023
3 Ways That People Sabotage Their Own Efforts To Get Out Of Debt
Getting out of debt is much harder than it sounds. Even if you made a budget at the beginning of 2022 and did not exceed your spending on any of the budget categories for the whole year, you are probably still in debt. In the best-case scenario, your disciplined spending enabled you to increase… Read More »
Don’t Panic If You Can’t Afford To Pay Your Taxes
Another year in the gig economy has gotten far enough that the deadline for filing income tax returns is approaching. Without your income from gigs, you wouldn’t even be able to survive paycheck to paycheck; your debt situation would just be in free fall. Your gig income enables you to keep up with your… Read More »
Credit Reports Show Fewer Debts In Collections, Helping Consumers Improve Their Creditworthiness
The three years since the COVID-19 pandemic have brought an onslaught of fear, not only existential dread about our own mortality and about the fragility of the natural ecosystem and of political institutions, but also more mundane worries about whether we can pay our bills this month while keeping up with the minimum payments… Read More »