It’s natural for people who are behind on their finances to block it all out because it feels too overwhelming to deal with — natural, but unhelpful. Only by staring the beast in the eye can you begin to create a strategy on how to defeat it.
Consider an app like Mint, which unifies your entire financial life under one site. That includes your income, credit cards, subscriptions, bank accounts, loans, investments, retirement accounts and all the rest. You’ll get a clear picture of what’s coming in, what’s going out, which debts are most dire, which expenses are costing you the most and what changes need to be made. Conquering the crucial psychological barrier of confronting the situation is the first step to changing it.
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