Does your heart sink every time you see that infamous envelope pop through your letterbox notifying you of yet another month of scraping together the pennies just to pay the monthly interest on your credit card? Well you’re not the only one. It seems according to a recent item from the BBC that the government is also concerned at the sky-high interest rates that seem to be piling up our Credit Card Debt.

Credit card companies are capitalising on our debt ensuring that we always need them. How? Well, by charging disproportionate interest rates we remain in debt for much longer. The longer we are in debt the more likelihood of needing more borrowed funds to aid us along what we think is the road of Debt Management. But are we kidding ourselves? Logic dictates the more we borrow the more we owe. But so many of us are stuck in that vicious cycle of borrowing more and having less disposable income as a result that it seems there is no way out.
However as we are now paying the highest interest rates in 12 years, shouldn’t we be taking back the control that is properly ours?

How do we escape? Well in an idyllic world we wouldn’t allow ourselves to be lured in by the nice shiny offers and promises of a enhanced life if we just use that credit card. Or become so disorganised that we pick up poor Debt Management skills in the first place. But, the stress we all face on a daily basis, whether it’s through overindulging, inadequate budgeting or urgent obligation, the reality is that it has become all too easy to get dragged in. Credit cards do have their place and if used prudently they can work to our gain and NOT the credit card companies. Clearing them each month for instance means there is no interest and therefore no profit for the credit card company.

Though once we have become snared it can all too easily become a nightmare of escalating debt that has a negative impression on all aspects of our lives.

The only way we can tackle this is by drawing in that belt, looking at our budget and taking action. We can either bury our heads pretending the debt doesn’t exist, all the while it swells ever bigger, or we can face it head on and deal with the alternatives.

Although it’s painful to look at the state of our finances, it is an grand relief once you’ve sat down and looked at the figures and done something definite towards improving your Credit Card Debt. Whether we go down the Debt Consolidation route or simply keep track of what we’re spending and possibly wasting our money on, it goes a long way to recover that control and escape the clutches of those credit cards!
There are no miracle cures but through grasping control and looking at options to help us along the way, we can escape!