If you want financial freedom, there is one big first step you must make to achieve it. You must stop creating more debt right now. You can cut up all those credit cards and close those accounts that will leave the door open to temptation for more spending. Even if you put your cards aside and say they are only for emergencies, you know that you will still use them for things that you just must have now.
Begin with making a list of your debts and which ones need to be paid down first. Only by doing this will you have an actual list to work off of to keep you on track. You will then need to put away ten percent of your income. A budget will then be needed for you to see where you money is going and how much is going there.
Then you need that list you made and put those bills in order of their priority. The budget will tell you what to do and although many people do not like that word, you can call it what you want just as long at you follow it. it really is the only way to track spending and financial freedom will be your goal. Now, doesn’t that sound like music to your ears.