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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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Life, as we knew it came to a halt for so many of us in mid-March, and life going forward will forever be known as pre-pandemic or post-pandemic. 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. Everything changed. Yep, life was good.

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Update #1: Our Debt Freedom Plan

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Back in March I wrote about my family’s Debt Freedom Plan. Today I am proud to say that we have completed our second step : Increase business emergency savings to a specific number. Over our 14 years in business, we have had to rely on our savings a few times to help cover expenses during tough months.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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The journey started in 2012 when we bought an office building for our business and then found ourselves with a lot of debt and not enough cash flow. Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. 1 – Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. 2018 Update.

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