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Budgeting Tips and Tricks for Managing Your Finances | TikTok

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I have 35 credit cards and I owe $19,000 in them. 30,000 school loans which I have not paid and we take home $60,000. I wanted to pay off some credit cards but every week it just seems that I'm paying something like all minimums and it's just live and paycheck by paycheck. So I wanted to know what can I do, I mean 35 credit cards. Okay, are you ready to endure some pain to get rid of this mess? It's going to leave us with hardly anything. Are you ready to endure some pain to get rid of this mess? Yes, I am. What about your husband? Oh yes, yes, yes. Okay, all right. And the two of you need to sit down together, go on every dollar dot com and do your budget tonight. Okay. And download it to your iPhone or your Android or your desktop. It's free. It comes in, all the money goes out and then you're broke and you can't figure out how to go to the grocery store. Yes, exactly. You're not living by any kind of plan. This money is owning you. You don't own it. Yes. And you got to get the other side of it and the budget helps you do that. You're telling your money what to do instead of wondering where it went. The first thing that will happen when you sit down and write out this month with the money you have right now and you give every dollar and assignment, every dollar a mission. That's why we call it every dollar dot com. The first thing that will happen is you'll feel like you got a raise because you're going to go, where's all this money been going? Because disorganization leads to impulse and being stressed out and desperate leads to impulse. You'll quit going out to eat because you can't afford to go out to eat. You're done with restaurants. Yes. And you're not going on vacation either. Don't talk to me about a vacation. You're freaking broke. Yes. Okay. And then when you finish every dollar, the next thing you need to do is get the 35 cards and put them on the center of the table and get your scissors out and cut up every single one of them. Yes. Okay. Every single one of them. You need plastic surgery really bad. Oh, yeah. Definitely. Yeah. Now we have no credit cards. Now we have to live on a budget. Okay. And food's first. Yeah. So you're going to eat lights and water second before you pay anybody. And you take care of the house payment third before you pay anybody. And you got car payments too? No car payment. We did pay off our car. Good. Yeah. So that we don't want. But we do have private school. We pay for my daughter and baby sitter for the baby. And now when you squeeze every dollar out of this budget and you ring every dollar out of it, you're going to look down and go, okay, what do we got to cut out that we're doing that we can't afford to do anymore. And on top of what we got to cut out, how can we, what can we do to increase our income? What do we got? We can sell. And you start everything that's not both the downs going to get sold. You're not going on vacation. You're not going to a restaurant. You're taking extra jobs. You're going to start looking at your career. I mean, your whole household is only bringing in 60,000 and you live in New York City. That's tough. Yeah. You live in one of the most expensive places to live in the world. Mm-hmm. And so, you know, and it's just, it's doable. But you ain't got a lot of wiggle room here. And that's what's been happening. And every time a disorganization popped up or a crisis popped up, it went onto a credit card and you were going backwards and backwards and backwards and backwards and backwards. And you've got to get back ahead of this thing. Then we're going to list our debts smallest to largest and you're going to pay off the little one as fast as you can. Okay. And you're going to cheer and dance around the kitchen. And then you're going to pay off the next one and you're going to cheer and you're going to dance around the kitchen. And you're not only cheering and dancing around the kitchen because you paid off that, you're doing it because for the first time in your life you got control of your money. No. And that's what you got to do because right now you feel out of control scared and broke. Yeah, exactly. Which makes you normal and that's sad. Mm-hmm. And in the school alone, I just can't even talk about the school alone. Well, let's get these credit cards done. You only need credit card payments. We can start working on school alone. Okay. That's the big one though. If you want to put them on the firm and I don't care. Let's just punch these credit cards in the face. But I mean, you're working extra. You're doing everything you can. You got one goal. Let's get rid of this credit card that is fast as you possibly can. Get your budget done. Cut your credit cards up. That's your first two steps. Okay. And then you and your husband are in agreement. We're going to sacrifice deeply because I am so sick of living like this. Yes. Definitely. And when you get sick and tired of sick and tired, you're ready to change your life, kiddo. Yes. You can do it and you call me back if you need help. Okay. Okay. Thank you, Dave.

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**VIRAL REWRITE:**

Stop scrolling. This woman has THIRTY-FIVE credit cards. I'm not joking. THIRTY-FIVE.

*[pause for shock]*

$19,000 in credit card debt. $30,000 in student loans she's NEVER paid. Living in New York City on $60,000. And she's asking me for gentle advice.

Honey, gentle advice is what got you here.

You know what everyone's gonna tell you? "Just pay a little extra each month." "Consolidate your debt." "Maybe get a side hustle."

WRONG. That's broke people advice from broke people.

Here's what rich people would NEVER tell you because they don't want you to know...

You need PLASTIC SURGERY. Not the kind you're thinking.

*[holds up scissors]*

Every. Single. Card. GONE. Tonight.

"But Dave, what about emergencies?"

Your LIFE is the emergency!

Everyone watching this thinks they could never cut up their cards. That's exactly why 80% of people die broke.

You're about to learn the secret wealthy people use that the credit card companies pray you never discover...

First - download EveryDollar.com RIGHT NOW. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Every dollar gets a job before you spend it.

Second - You're DONE with restaurants. I don't care if it's your anniversary. You're BROKE. Cook at home.

Third - No vacations. Delete Expedia. Unfollow travel influencers. You can't afford to leave your zip code.

"Dave, this sounds extreme."

You know what's extreme? Being 40 years old and having NOTHING.

Here's the part that'll blow your mind...

When you give every dollar a mission, you'll feel like you got a $10,000 raise. WHERE has all your money been going?

Now here's the strategy billionaires use that schools never teach...

List every debt smallest to largest. Attack the tiny one like your life depends on it. When you kill it, you'll literally dance around your kitchen.

Not because of the money - because for the first time in your adult life, YOU control your money instead of it controlling YOU.

Your husband better be on board because you're about to sacrifice EVERYTHING. No shopping. No eating out. Extra jobs. Sell everything that's not nailed down.

This is war. And broke people lose wars.

But here's what happens when you win...

*[leans in close]*

You become the person your broke friends secretly hate. The one who has options. Who sleeps at night. Who doesn't check their bank account in fear.

You ready to endure some pain to get your life back?

Comment "SCISSORS" if you're ready to cut up your cards tonight. But only if you're ACTUALLY going to do it.

Because talk is cheap. And you're already broke.

*[stares directly at camera]*

Your future self is watching. Don't let them down.

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Budgeting Tips and Tricks for Managing Your Finances | TikTok

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Created Mar 14, 05:09