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Important Financial Mistakes To Avoid

Financial mistakes are inevitable. However, you can educate yourself to help avoid some of the major ones. Making sure you steer clear of such mistakes can help you in your overall debt management process. Here are a few of the important financial mistakes to avoid and how to do damage control.

Make paying off debt a little easier by avoiding these financial mistakes.

Make paying off debt a little easier by avoiding these financial mistakes.

Important Financial Mistakes To Avoid

Learning from mistakes is crucial when it comes to your finances. So, we will give you a nudge to understand what these mistakes are to make eliminating debt a slightly easier process.

  1. Over drafting on accounts – Unauthorized overdrafts are extremely expensive and come with high-interest rates and fees. Make every effort to have a positive balance in your accounts.
  2. Making only minimum payments – If consumers have debt, it may be tempting to only pay the minimum on their credit card bill each month. However, this can result in individuals paying much more over the long-term. The interest rates that the credit card company charges will also keep growing. That’s why our credit counseling advice is to always pay in full.
  3. Overspending – More often than not, excessive spending comes from simple carelessness. Overspending can even present itself in relatively small expenses. Going out to dinner or grabbing a latté every morning can add up quickly.
  4. Living paycheck to paycheck – Overspending or living above your means can put consumers into a situation where they need every penny of each paycheck to survive. In this situation, one lost paycheck can be disastrous.
  5. Not setting a budget – Budgeting allows consumers to create a spending plan and ensures they have enough money to pay their bills and avoid debt.
  6. Waiting to save for retirement – It is never too early to start saving for retirement. The earlier consumers start, the better off they will be when it’s time to retire.
  7. Not setting financial goals – Setting financial goals creates discipline and provides direction for consumers’ savings.

Final Thoughts

If you’ve made any of these mistakes, the best thing you can do now is learn from them. If your mistake was not setting a budget, then it’s time to sit down and create a budget! Financial mistakes happen, but they don’t have to define your money management skills forever. Recognize mistakes, fix them, and move forward and start living your best financial life!

If you’re struggling to pay off debt, ACCC can help. Schedule a free credit counseling session with us today. 

ABOUT AUTHOR / Dilini

Dilini is a Marketing Communications & Programs Associate at ACCC. To anyone, managing finances can be a real challenge! Any tips and tricks to help get through this are great! Dilini will share her experiences, tips, and tricks along the way through the Talking Cents blog. Stay tuned!

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