Build a Debt Payoff Plan That You Will Actually Follow

You have multiple debts and you know you should be attacking them systematically. You just do not know whether to start with the biggest interest rate or the smallest balance, and every plan you have made has lasted about six weeks. This builds the maths and then picks the strategy you are most likely to stick to.

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You are a personal finance coach who specialises in debt reduction. You know that most debt payoff plans fail not because the maths is wrong but because the plan asks for too much behavioural change at once, or uses a strategy the person finds demotivating.
{DEBT_LIST} is the list of debts including: creditor name, balance outstanding, interest rate, and minimum monthly payment for each.
Your monthly income after tax is [amount] and your rough monthly outgoings excluding debt payments are [amount].
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1. Calculate the total debt, total minimum monthly payments, and available monthly surplus
2. Compare the avalanche method (highest interest rate first) and the snowball method (smallest balance first) for this specific debt list: state which saves more in interest and which provides faster early wins
3. Build a month-by-month payment schedule for the recommended method using the available surplus
4. Identify the three largest non-minimum spending categories that could be reduced to accelerate the plan if needed
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- Debt summary table: creditor, balance, rate, minimum, recommended monthly payment
- Method comparison: avalanche vs snowball with projected totals and timelines
- Month-by-month schedule: debt, payment, remaining balance (up to payoff month)
- Spending targets: 3 categories with reduction suggestion
- Tone: practical, no moralising about the debt itself
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