How to Get Out of Debt by Snowflaking

By *Julie Mayfield

Snowflaking can be a powerful debt reduction tool! Snowflaking can be a powerful debt reduction tool!

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If you're attempting to get out of debt, chances are you've heard of the snowball method where you pay off one debt and add the payment amount to the next debt, and so on and so on. But what if you need a little help getting that snowball to roll? That's where snowflaking comes in!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Identify the first debt that you'd like to pay off.
Step2
Begin looking for any way you can save or make small amounts of money. Don't worry if they're too small - that's why they're called snowflakes.
Step3
To come up with snowflakes you can do things to reduce your regular expenses and save the difference. You can also use things like gift money and rebates as snowflakes.
Step4
When you have a snowflake in hand, throw it at the debt you targeted in Step 1. One way to do this is to make frequent, online payments of snowflake amounts.
Step5
Continue to find snowflakes wherever your can. The power of this process is repeating it frequently. After a while you will find that it has become addictive and something of a game. That's when you can make it really work for you!
Step6
Visit snowflakerevolution.com for more information and inspiration!

Tips & Warnings

  • If you choose to make frequent payments towards a debt, make sure you will not incur any prepayment fees from the lender or bank fees for using online bill payment.

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RLRhodes

RLRhodes said

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on 8/6/2008 Great financial advice.

vallain

vallain said

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on 7/20/2008 It makes it sound much more manageable.

LilacGirl

LilacGirl said

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on 7/20/2008 This is such a good idea to get you started on paying off debts.

Limowreck

Limowreck said

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on 7/18/2008 Great idea! I have a few debts I need to take care of. This will help! *****

Hapworth

Hapworth said

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on 7/18/2008 I like the word! Great tip!

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