Ted Williams and the Fresh Start

Today, during one of the college football broadcasts, Ted Williams became the voice for Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.  This Ted Williams is not the Splendid Splinter of Boston Red Sox fame.  No, this is the man that has gained recent notoriety through YouTube for his “golden voice.”  Mr. Williams’ meteoric rise to fame is something that many dream of.  He has gone from penniless and living on the streets to multiple high spotlight job offers and likely a substantially significant pay increase.

The term that came to me when seeing his story was “fresh start.”  It is a term that is thrown around a great deal on bankruptcy websites and federal cases.  Mr. Williams’ story is clearly the definition of a fresh start.  In no manner do I suggest that when a person files for bankruptcy they will become the spokesperson for a national food brand.  But a change of circumstances is possible. 

It can be easy to feel the stigma that many attach to bankruptcy.  It is that stigma that prevents filing of a bankruptcy petition until there is no other option.  Many people give up everything trying to make due.  Then, when they file bankruptcy, they have literally nothing left.  When they realize their true options, a light turns on, and many wish they could have made the decision earlier. 

That leads me to the options that are available for people.  Bankruptcy can be that fresh start, if you are willing to work hard and put yourself in a new frame of mind.  Those that do this, and have a clear goal for their future, generally come out of bankruptcy able to make those hard choices to be financial solvent.  The law gives us this opportunity when we are at the end of our rope.  The key is to take advantage of this benefit and recognize the changes that need to be made.

If you are in a situation where debt is coming in faster than you are able to pay; if you are up late each night worrying about that next credit card, mortgage, or car loan payment; or if you are going through your retirement funds trying to make that minimum payment, call the Henshaw Law Office at (408) 599-1305 to review your finances and see what your true options are.