<prompt> Human: 5 years ago I was swimming in high interest credit debt. I managed to keep a pretty stable, but high balance on my line of credit, and continued to buy stupid small things that I couldnt afford on credit.How did I justify it? I would always tell myself If I buy this Xbox now, I can pay it off in 3 months and be back where I am now with my debt. I would always mentally put my latest purchase at the top of the pile, and was convincing myself that when I paid it back down a little bit, I made that purchase go away.Using this mindset, I made little headway for a lot of years. So I changed my perspective, and it really kicked me in a sore spot. Instead of putting my newest purchase at the top, I mentally moved it to the bottom, so now it was the last thing I would be paying off instead of the first. I came to realize that if I had 10 000 in debt and added 500, that 500 would actually be the last thing I paid off on that debt instead of the first.Using this mentality, I stopped using my LoC almost completely, because every purchase felt like a burden, something that made my debt pile bigger, and that I wouldnt even touch until the rest was gone plus interest!.Sometimes debt control is a matter of perspective. After this view, I set myself on my own payment plan, and dug myself out in only a few years. My debt wasnt as high as some of yours here, but it wasnt small for someone who was only making 15hr at the time either.I hope this makes sense, this simple change in view changed my financial path, and hopefully yours too.  <response>: Im on mobile so I cant say much, other than this really hit home for me. Thank you! 