Things to Be Thankful for After a Divorce

A healthy and successful marriage is linked to personal health and a variety of life success. But a bad relationship can have opposing reactions, including increased stress, high blood pressure, cardiac and other diseases and conditions as well as financial troubles. Divorce rates fell significantly since 2008 due to millennials waiting to tie the knot. Regardless, up to 75% of educated women marry by the time they’re 40 and based on certain studies, around 40% of all marriages end up in divorce court. A Michigan divorce is rarely an easy decision, but one is often a necessity to get your life, health, and sanity back after dealing with a tumultuous relationship. Fortunately, there are some things to be thankful for after a divorce.

Your Health and Happiness May Improve

Divorce can be one of the most stressful life decisions you’ll ever make, but it can also result in one of the healthiest experiences. Leaving an emotionally stifling or neglectful relationship can increase happiness in women for up to five years after a divorce, according to one UK study. And since divorce allows individuals the extra space and time needed to focus on themselves, simple improvements like joining a gym, taking a dance class, or booking a spa appointment once a week can go a long way towards improving your health and personal wellbeing.

Your Kids May Be Better Off

Deciding to stick it out and stay in a miserable marriage “for the kids” is a common mistake. Your kids aren’t dumb and they already know when you’re having domestic trouble. The stress of such a household can lead to academic struggles and behavioral changes. As parents, your first responsibility is to the safety and security of your children, so divorce and shared custody are often the best options. That way, the kids can still have healthy relationships with both parents but the parents can focus on healing and raising a healthy family without the added marital stress.

You’ll Discover or Rediscover Your Worth

Divorce opens a lot of new doors and eventually, the dating element may present itself again. Once healing has taken place, renewed health and confidence can help support a much better relationship base. And while it’s a common misconception that relationships or second marriages are always doomed, that’s definitely not the case. In fact, many divorcees use their experiences to build and create new foundations that support renewed self-worth and healthy long-term relationships that they should have had in the first place.

You May Have an Easier Retirement

Even when a Michigan divorce is completely uncontested, few people ever move on without some type of financial complications or concerns. After all, there are suddenly two households and often half or less of the marital income to work with. So the idea of retirement can be especially worrisome as a single person. However, according to the Social Security Administration, the past 40 years worth of data specifically for single women who never remarried actually confirmed that divorce can increase retirement funds. That specific group of divorcees delayed withdrawing their retirement benefits compared to married women of the same age and similar earnings bracket. Give us a call when you’re ready to discuss the future of your own Michigan divorce. 

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The Timeshare Contract Problem

For many people, the thought of having your own vacation condominium in a fabulous resort area sounds like a dream come true, especially if you only have to pay for a part of the property fees and upkeep. That’s one of the big arguments in favor of buying into a timeshare property with other partners. On paper, the deal sounds almost too good to be true. The reality is that for many owners, that dream really is just too good to be for real.

The Timeshare Sales Pitch

The sales pitches used to lure real estate buyers into investing in timeshares are the stuff of legend. These sales experts are known to use every sales angle known in order to convince prospective buyers that the property they are buying a share in will be their ticket to paradise. The condos, as presented, are “sure to skyrocket in value” and garner the owner all kinds of extra perks like access to fine restaurants and other luxury vacation opportunities. Sure, it all sounds great, so what’s the problem?

The big problem many owners have faced is that if their own needs change, getting out of a timeshare can be very difficult. Many of these sales contracts are worded deceptively, and thus it can be very hard for an owner to get out of a contract. On top of this, the fees charged for upkeep of a timeshare can be high. Many owners find they just don’t have enough access to the property (because it is shared) and keeping it just isn’t worthwhile for them.

Ultimately, no one should be duped into signing a contract they don’t understand. Due to the large scope of this problem, many timeshare investors are now calling on expert legal consultants to help them break these contracts. So, if you are having trouble with your timeshare, don’t feel trapped. Help is out there, so call in a legal expert today.

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Choosing the Best Credit Card Company for a Telecommunications Company

Several years ago my employer in a consultancy firm started to venture in a telecommunication business, a totally different line of business to his existing one. He has chosen me to be one of the employees to work hand in hand with both the consultancy and telecommunication businesses. He trained me in various fields far from my educational degree and became a jack of all trade handling various positions in human resources, accounting, billing and collection, customer service and administration.

I actually love the new company as telecommunication is more of my specialty being a graduate of computer engineering which has similar fields in electronics communication. The pioneering company gave me more knowledge and work experiences than I ever asked for and was grateful for the chance to be one of the officers of the company.

As our company deals with innovative solutions and high technology services we started to accept credit card payments for our international prepaid card sold in Asian Development Bank’s store. In the process of selecting the credit card company that we will use in processing payments I studied and searched for some criteria that will not only help the company but provide good service to our clients as well. It should offer flexibility in payment, security, convenience, fraud protection, best credit card processing fees and related matters.

We’ve chosen a very bankable credit card that provides the best features for our customers in the Asian bank which is very important because we’re serving not just the regular employees there but expatriates from neighboring Asian neighbors as well. There I learned that accepting credit card payments boosts the sales of the company because nowadays people depend on making purchases using credit cards. Most consumers look for store that accepts card payment as the trend these days is less or no cash transactions.

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