Big Expenses; Amy's LearnLux Story
"Now budgeting is a lot easier because we don't have those big item expenses."
"Now budgeting is a lot easier because we don't have those big item expenses."
For HR and benefits leaders, Amy's story shows what financial education is worth at the moment an employee has one decision to make and no obvious right answer.
After her husband's sister passed away, he received a small inheritance from her estate. Amy had been working through LearnLux videos on budgeting and planning, and she made the case for putting that money toward their vehicles and their high-interest credit cards instead of a vacation. They paid both off, and their budget got easier right away with the biggest fixed expenses gone.
The learning kept compounding. They moved to a credit union card at a much lower rate, and they knew from LearnLux to keep the paid-off cards open rather than closing them, which protects the length of their credit history and their score.
The outcome is a household carrying less debt at a lower cost of borrowing, with a stronger credit profile and a retirement Amy says she is now looking forward to. One inheritance, turned into years of financial footing.
Paying down debt to balance the budget
LearnLux has helped me see the importance of a budget and planning. I've learned many lessons from watching the videos. One of the most recent benefits was my husband's sister passed and he received a little bit of money from her estate. I convinced him that instead of going out, taking a vacation or anything like that, that it would be best to pay off vehicles and the high-interest credit cards, which we did.
Now budgeting is a lot easier because we don't have those big item expenses. We also went and got a new credit card from the credit union because it was a much lower interest rate than the one we had previously. One of the other lessons we learned was about your credit rating and how if you have credit cards, don't immediately close them after you pay them off because it can negatively impact your score.
So LearnLux has really been a big help with me on how to be more financially responsible and it's helping me look forward to retirement one day.
Thank you to Amy for sharing her story!
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