By Patricia Cornwell
Financial clutter is created when you spend money on things you don’t really need and as a result you get too many bills you must pay. An instance for the need of cleaning financial clutter is when you are piled with bills and invoices with the payments you need to make for things you can deprive yourself of without regret. If you have such problems and your home is piled with bills, that you try to save money from almost everything, read this article. In it I will show you how to keep your finances in control and clean up your financial clutter.
Here I will reveal six practical ways to clean up your financial clutter effectively.
One way to do that is make sure you receive your bills automatically with written messages, sent on your phone or e-mail. Instead of piling your home with papers, containing every bill you need to pay, you can receive your invoices by email or phone. They will be sent in the end of the month, reminding you that you should pay them within a specified period. You can easily make automatic the receiving of all your bills.
The second step, which will help you in cleaning your financial clutter is deciding what are your priorities and focus on them. If you don’t spend money on services and purchases you don’t really need, you will have more to spend on the things that are currently important to you. Deciding what are your priorities and spending your time and money only on them, can save many unnecessary expenses and time. For example if you don’t watch often television, stop your local cable subscriber.
The third step you can take for cleaning your finances from the unnecessary clutter is using your time wisely. This can be achieved by focusing on your goals in life and leaving the insignificant things behind. Buying magazines, newspapers and making unreasonable purchases in moments of bad mood, depression or disappointment, can turn out to be very bad decisions. Later you will certainly regret for them.
If your home is cluttered with things you don’t need, you can to get rid of the unnecessary items. Give away all the things you don’t use to some charity organization. Donate your things to some agency for people in need. You can cut the size of your bills and expenses once you become more responsible for your purchases. Getting your home rid of all the newspapers, magazines and clutter, will free more space in your rooms and make your home more tidy.
To clean up your financial clutter, you have to make a list of all the bills and debts you need to pay. In order to pay them in time you need to know when is the deadline for each one. Creating a list with all the payments you need to make and keeping it in your bag will remind you about your responsibilities. You may find out that there are services that you don’t need and rarely use, so you can always cancel them.
It’s a good idea to organize all your bank accounts, as well. Research which banks offer the most qualitative services on the most suitable price for your budget and use their services. Transfer all your accounts to the chosen bank. Instead of paying fees to many banks, you can gather all your savings to one bank account and pay one fee for maintaining it. You can do the same with your credit cards. Transfer all your money to one credit card that you use.
There are plenty of ways to clean up your finances from all the unnecessary clutter. Use the ideas you like that I presented above for reducing your expenses and organizing your finances.
About the Author: Patricia is the owner of TidyCleaning South East London. When she started her business Kathleen had some financial difficulties but following these steps, she managed her personal finances and get back on track.
