How to manage money and credit card debt alone after a divorce
Managing finances independently after a divorce often means dealing with credit card debt that swallows the majority of your paycheck, leaving little room for savings. Trying to organize rent, debt, and future planning without professional help can make it difficult to figure out simple next steps.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1using target date funds for simplicity
- 2storing extra income in high-yield savings accounts
- 3managing accounts independently without an advisor
- 4taking out a loan on my 401 to pay down the 2 credit cards
- 5looking for a second job to supplement
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I would like to remain in the apartment that we rent together, but am in credit card debt and that’s currently my biggest pain point in my finances as majority of my check goes to credit cards instead of any sort of saving.”source ↗
“I’m not too prideful to admit I don’t really know what I am doing. Just trying to keep it simple.”source ↗
Where this came up
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