Life After Filing Bankruptcy Below are some tips to help you reestablish your credit after filing for bankruptcy.1. Learn to live within your financial means. Spend your money wisely and do not buy luxury items that are not a necessity for living! This is an important lesson to learn and it will be hard to talk yourself out of some of those luxury purchases but you will thank yourself later.2. Apply for a secured credit card...... Similar Editorial : by Miodrag Trajkovic. | Source : Bankruptcy Chapter 7 11