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Dealing With Debt – Part 5<\/span><\/h2>\n

Are credit cards for everyone?<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Let me start by answering this question right off the bat. \u00a0Credit cards are not for everyone, at least not for everyone right now. In the same way college is not for everyone, neither are credit cards. \u00a0However, just like people who failed badly at college in their late teens-early twenties, but decided to return in their later years, you too can make a comeback with credit cards.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In previous web-posts, we\u2019ve discussed credit cards in various topics: <\/span>ways credit cards can work for you<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>using them responsibly<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>encroaching trouble with credit cards<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>how they can make us better<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>having discipline with credit cards<\/span><\/a> and more. \u00a0In this web-post, we\u2019re going to discuss the 3 biggest mistakes we\u2019ve made with credit cards.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>If you find yourself wrestling with any one of these three, you\u2019re in the right place and ready to turn it all around. \u00a0Let\u2019s get started.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Getting a credit card before we\u2019re ready.<\/b>
\n<\/span>Mistake #1: We got a credit card before we were ready for one.<\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span>Everyone else was getting credit cards and the offers poured in, while we were students. \u00a0Because everyone else was getting them, we thought of reasons why we should as well. You\u2019ve heard people justify it in ways such as these. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n