You got the debt, and recently, you paid it off, right? Congratulations, you have entered the free zone. Here, you are free from any financial burden. Debt or loans are the only and worst kind of burden one could have, but you have successfully managed to get rid of them. Being in debt bounds you to a cage where you only have to be on a limited budget and stay there until you don’t pay off your debt.
Cons: When you get the loan and remain in debt for a while, you cannot enjoy your life for some intense time. Why is this so? Every month, you have to save a sufficient amount of money not for you but for the debt payment.
In debt, you can not choose to make a budget, but the budget decided to be in the same form, and it can not expand until you pay your debt off. You always remain stressed because of the money, and even in an emergency, you would not have your own money.
It is lucky that you have paid it off, but there are some essential steps you need to take soon after you pay off your debt. Here are some of them that you should consider.
Debt Free Party Ideas represent ideas for celebration when you pay off debts and become debt-free, such as:
Idea 1: The best debt-free party idea always starts with a crazy debt-free cake. The cake can be self-made or bought and needs to describe your debt-free mood.
Idea 2: Make a debt-free paintball party. Call your friends and make two teams: one team consisting of debt-free people and the second consisting of others.
Idea 3: Call your friends and make the Spa a debt-free party. Go to the Spa center, relax, and get head and shoulder massages.
Idea 4: Make a debt-free picnic party: Bring food and barbecue with friends to a local park or a better place.
Idea 5: Maeand sports debt-free party: rent a gym (some sports room) and compete in sports with friends. After the game, you can have lunch and have fun.
Idea 6: Make Bowling a debt-free party: Make a party in the Bowling room with your friends.
Idea 7: Have a debt-free Mexican party: Go to a Mexican restaurant and enjoy fajitas, tacos, nachos, margaritas, sombreros, maracas, and piñatas.
Idea 8: Make guys Arabian night debt-free party: Arabian Belly Dancing fun party
What to do after the Debt Free Party?
After the debt-free party, you can:
- Save an emergency fund.
- Think about how you can get rid of your credit card.
- Create your budget
- Work for your retirement plan.
- Go to Travelling
- Starting a family
- Buy a house
- Buy a car and invest your money in it.
Save an emergency fund.
Soon after you pay off your debt, you should make a significant change in your budgeting. The first and most important thing you have been missing in your budget was and is “savings.”
I was reading a book, “The Richest Man in Babylon,” and it stated how to become a rich person. One reason in that book was “saving.” Can you believe it? Whether you earn more or not, savings are the ultimate thing that plays a great role in making you stable or rich.
So, after you pay off your debt or loans, try to cover up for that gap and prevent yourself from taking out future loans. You can do this by saving more of your money rather than spending it on your entertainment or wants that aren’t worth spending on.
That emergency fund not only gives you a cushion in your future budget, but you can always use that money for purposeful things like retirement, buying a house, etc.
Think about how you can get rid of your credit card.
Using credit cards and thinking that your money is the worst lie you could tell yourself. A credit card is a trap you fall into willingly. Why? Because you use the money from credit cards and a credit card is affiliated with banks, the bank cuts off the money you already have used before you can even take it out after your income comes to your bank account.
This damages your whole monthly budget at the start. Try to make changes in your spending behaviors so that you don’t have to use credit cards in the future. This also comes in the category of short-term debt or loans. Try to manage the income you are getting and love what you own.
Create your budget
To save and have a flexible month, you must create a budget. When you have a budget, you will know what to buy and what is not for that specific month. This is what a wise person does with their income. They also do this to save them so they do not have to ask for loans from other people during an emergency.
How to make a budget?
This is a simple task. You have to take a paper and a pen and take a walk in your kitchen and see what eatables are there for you and their quantities and then figure out whether you need to buy them in this or not. Please do not buy the doubles when you already have them in your fridge’s upper portion. Then, see the laundry and see whether you have the cleaning agents.
These will take 15 to 20 minutes, and you will figure out what you will need and whatnot. After that, you can reduce your electricity bills by sitting in one room and switching off the appliances in other rooms. Whenever you go outside or travel for some days, try to switch off all the appliances in your home, which will save you enough money on electricity bills.
Now, it comes to water consumption and phone and cable bills, these also sum up to become a significant number, so reduce your bills because these things are in your hand when you do not need to turn them off, and in this time era when you can use Netflix easily and Hulu, etc., then cutting off cable is the moderate option for you to save money.
You can even search for anything on the Internet.
Work for your retirement plan.
When you pay off your debt, take a month to think peacefully about your retirement plan, what type of work you want to pursue soon after you retire, and the source of your income for that, etc.
At least you need to save enough money for your retirement. Maybe you are a farm owner, businessman, or an employee in all such fields one day or another; you have to be retired.
Deciding today that your retirement will be as you want it to be and making money today is the best option for you. So, at least at the end of your job or employment days, you will then pursue to do anything you want without any tension of money.
Go to Travelling
If you have paid off your debt, considering traveling is also not a bad option. There is no saving in this, but you can explore the world without wasting your money anywhere else. By doing this, you can also explore other cities and more work opportunities.
You can also travel in an RV after selling your car and house. With the money, you can invest in a purposeful business while traveling around the world and exploring more opportunities to work and earn.
Starting a family
You can also start a family after paying off debt; you must change your spending and earnings. The more you save and spend while making a budget, the more stable your life will be after you start a life, which will help you in many other aspects.
For example, saving today and making more money can help you invest and buy insurance for your kids, move to a bigger house, or save enough money for your kids’ education.
Buy a house
You can also try to save money to buy a house for your family. If this is not what you want, having money to save for a home can help you buy it after retirement.
Buying a house will save you a lot of money you spend on your rent. Once you own a home, the money you spend on rent will become your savings. Then, you can use that money to invest in a trade or the stock market.
Invest money into a well-known business
stock market
Try to invest your money somewhere, even if you have little. One day, it will start generating profit, and maybe soon after you invest, or perhaps it will take some time. In this way, you can save money and convert it into profit.
Tips:
There are more or less chances that everyone around us is in debt or some have recently paid. Be careful about not taking any debt or loans, especially from banks with interest rates. This is a total loss of your money, as you take less and love them extra money.
Always be efficient about your budget and how and when to manage it. And significantly save a sufficient amount of money permanently in your piggy bank. So, in an emergency, you would have fewer chances to apply for loans.
After leaving Wells Fargo Bank in 2014, Daniel began a career as a finance consultant, advising companies and individuals on economic policy, labor relations, and financial management.
At Promtfinance.com, Daniel writes about personal finance topics, value estimation, budgeting strategies, retirement planning, and portfolio diversification.
Read more on Daniel Smith's biography page.
Contact Daniel: daniel@promtfinance.com