The truth is, AVOID DEBT.  If you can, don’t borrow money.

However, if upon reading this, you have already accumulated a debt…read on.

I once had this huge debt of 70K (on my credit cards) – I was making 24K per month, most of which went to rent (5.5K), food (5K), phone (1k) gas (4K), parking (2.5K), laundry (1K), weekend fund (2K) and the debt.  I hardly had money for clothes or shoes — even for home stuff.  I was clearly deep in my knees in debt.  Every month, I had to pay a minimum balance of 3K — that was pretty much was was left of my salary.

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