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Jun 2024
45m 37s

151: Credit Card Mistakes

Paige Pritchard
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Credit cards are a tool that you get to decide if you're going to use on your financial journey. Whether or not you will use them will depend on what you're trying build, and how confident you feel in your ability to ues them well. If you do decide to use credit cards moving forward, it's important that you're using them in a way that will help you, rather than hurt you. When used correctly, credit cards can provide incredible perks while also helping you build credit. When used incorrectly, they can cause disasterous consequences with your money and credit score.

Whether you're using credit cards correctly or incorrectly can usually be boiled down to ten common mistakes that I see credit card users making. On this week's episode of The Money Love Podcast I will be walking you through each of these 10 mistakes. By the end of the episode you will be able to pinpoint if you're making any of these credit card mistakes and be armed with adjustments you can make to ensure you're no longer making them. Make sure you join us next week (Tuesday, June 11th - Friday, June 14th) for our Unburdened 4-day live debt workshop, using the link below. Enjoy!

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