Debt will kill you. The fastest way to waste your income is to pay interest. The fastest way to maximize your income is to earn interest. As long as you have debt (like most of us who graduate from college do), then every penny you spend is borrowed money.
Avoid debt at all costs. If you have debt, make a conscious effort to get out of debt as fast as you possibly can. Dave Ramsey’s plan is the easiest and most effective that I have found.
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7 steps to get out of debt
- Get $1,000 cash in the bank as a baby emergency fund
- Pay off all debt (except for house) smallest to largest
- Build up your emergency fund to 3-6 months of expenses
- Invest 15% of household income into Roth IRA and other pre-tax retirement
- Begin building college fund for children
- Pay off home early
- Build wealth and give money away like crazy
