The Chronic Consumer

Here’s a pretty useful article from MainStreet about how not to use your credit cards. The author cleverly tied the “don’ts” in with the 7 deadly sins to come up with the following list:

1. Gluttony (bumping up against your credit limit)
2. Pride (not checking your credit score regularly)
3. Lust (applying for too much credit)
4. Greed (getting a cash advance)
5. Envy (applying for a card that’s way out of your league, like a Black card or something)
6. Wrath (shutting down all your cc accounts)
7. Sloth (not checking monthly statements)

Yeah, most of these are common sense, I guess, but some people (especially younger folks with their first credit cards) can benefit from the advice. Be sure to click through and read the entire article if you want more info!