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Monday, November 3, 2025

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Monday, November 3, 2025

Life and Debt: 5 Benefits of Living Debt-Free

Limited-Finances-6667499Living with credit card balances month after month, carrying a car loan for five or more years, resigning ourselves to long-term student debt and a lifetime of mortgage payments have become so common, it almost seems that’s how things are supposed to be.

But what if we chose a different road?

Though financial, personal and career factors can make the idea of “choice” seem novel or far-fetched, many people can change their spending patterns and start a journey toward a debt-free life. If you’re tired of dreading the walk to the mailbox, exhausted from living on a budget that’s stretched thin by interest and fees, or worried about the stress that chronic debt is putting on your relationships, we have some incentives for you to change your ways.

Click here to read the five benefits of debt-free living on Yahoo!