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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Our emergency fund. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We reduced our spending where we could, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund. Yep, life was good.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. This is not an elective, fun, no-spend month like what we did in January to find funds for our summer vacation. Finances after the Pandemic: We went through a rough time back in 2012/2013 and we wrote our Debt Freedom Plan as a result of it.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. We had been renting for over 10 years and we were ready to find a property to move our business to and eventually build our net worth. Everything looked great on paper.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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There will always be limits on salary or income potentials so finding ways to save always help. Take the test to find out!” Danielle from Saving Without A Budget shares 5 Smart Investing Tips for 2012. Specifically, how important emergency fund planning was for a couple with a veterinary emergency at their home.”