Debts and Its Effect on Life

The word "Debt" would not be found in the dictionary if there has been no expectations, necessities or eagerness to climb to the top. The master of all devils is the eagerness to get more and to show off one's high status in the society. This is where debt creeps in one's life. Debts are like addictions and once tasted they ruin the person's whole life. Debts take away all the happiness that the person once dreamt about.

To understand how a person falls into a debt trap lets consider the following example. After shopping in a departmental store when a person puts the items in front of the cash counter, and suddenly offered a credit card with an additional discount, very few people can actually avoid the lucrative offer, thus falling a prey to the debt. Thus unknowingly, debt creeps into the life of people.

Nowadays, the concept of catalog shopping is another way that infuses the debts in people's life. Whenever a person visits a store and is introduced to the catalog, he gets attracted to all sorts of imaginative benefits of purchasing items listed in the catalog. There may be proposals of late payment, or there may also be offer of lucrative discounted price, that may lure the person to purchase as many items in credit. One thing is sure that more the person purchases the more entangled he/she gets in the debt.

The already confused situation is further complicated by the growing concept of telemarketing and online shopping. These are nothing but means to lure customers to the network of debts. Today, a person having access to the Internet finds an array of attractive product on offer such as jewelry, cosmetics, auctions, electronics goods and other day to day things. Also, available are the home loan facilities, buying of a car and other various necessities all at an easy price or with an easy installment of loan repayment. It is very difficult to keep yourself in control, which results in impulsive buying, thus adding up to one's debts. In this way, the balance of the credit cards keep on rising until and unless something miraculous happens, which may reduce the debts. But that can only happen in fairy tales, so in reality the result will be the drowning of a person in debts.

Hence, it is important to manage funds wisely and control the tendency of incurring debts. This can be achieved only by keeping a distance from the so-called lucrative offers, which are available on various mass media channels. To some extent, people are advised not to blindly pursue status symbols. In fact, it is the major reason for all the modern day woes. A habit that is developed during the early days of childhood is very difficult to change. Today, children in schools or colleges are exposed to lucrative offers of various student credit cards companies. In the beginning the credit cards are used to purchase only books and periodicals but gradually the greed increases and the purchase items changes to stereos, fancy dresses and all sorts of things except the books or study material.

In spite of all the negative aspects related to the debts the students are kept in the dark and in the absence of any proper information, these unsuspecting youth are drawn into debt net. Thus, it is advisable to break away from the habit of incurring debts at an early stage.

Debts ultimately put a person into shackles of bondage. And throws him into disarray and confusion. Purchases must be made with liquid cash available and not with the money that one tends to get in future. Thus, beware of the debt triggers or else the triggers may cause an end to one's own life.

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