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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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We have lived through some challenging months as small business owners, but 2007 was a very tough year for us. By the end of 2007, our business picked up again–thankfully–but not before we practically wiped out our savings with only $2000 left to spare, not enough to get us through one more month. A Very Tough Year.

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Create an Emergency Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

Family Balance Sheet

As self-employed owners of a small business, we have lived through some challenging months, but the year 2007 was especially tough for us. Every month, our income must cover our business and household expenses, but many months in 2007, our income barely covered our business expenses, leaving nothing left for our household.

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Earning Extra Money Online With Paid Surveys

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One specific niche site I own discusses the topic of paid surveys online. I started this website after having experienced success with paid surveys myself (I talk about my specific exposure and experience with the world of paid surveys on my niche site). Paid Surveys. This is how your opinions / responses to the surveys are used.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

Family Balance Sheet

A few of my favorite personal finance books: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness , by Dave Ramsey. We had a very tough year back in 2007. Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that they must be seen as one. And Read some more. Sources: * , **.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. In fact, for our honeymoon, we tent camped across the country for a month in a two-person mountain tent to visit a number of iconic National Parks in the American West.