Submitted by fishonthesun t3_11e4ixa in personalfinance
goblueM t1_jacd8i7 wrote
Simplicity may help you a little. Changing your behavior and paying off your debts will help your credit score
Changing banks won't really do anything. That's sort of like saying eating your dinner in the basement instead of the kitchen will help you lose weight
Your biggest issue is not how many bank accounts you have, it's the fact that you are not making enough money to pay your credit card off.
Ideas to research:
transferring CC to a 0% balance introductory offer card, if you can find one and get approved
forbearance for student loans for a year until you can clear the credit card debt
Not sure if you qualify, but you could look into Michigan energy assistance program https://www.michigan.gov/mpsc/consumer/energy-assistance
getting a roommate
moving back in with parents, if possible
picking up extra hours or a side gig and putting all that money toward the CC debt
fishonthesun OP t1_jackv1z wrote
Okay, these are great options, thank you! For moving back in with parents, I'd have to abandon my whole life and be miserable- my home town is a place where a lot of trauma happened to me, and my PTSD symptoms increase dramatically as do my depressive symptoms while I'm there longer than a weekend.
Everything else you've suggested is worth looking into, thank you! I'll be screenshotting your comment so I don't forget, haha
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