Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1. The point of the starter emergency fund is to get you through until you pay off your non-mortgage debts, at which point, you build a more extensive fund. Increase business emergency savings.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2019 Debt Free 130

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 18, 2019

1 – Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. Dave Ramsey suggests to have a starter emergency fund of $1000 while focusing on paying off non-mortgage debt. We have definitely dipped into this fund often, so I’m glad I strayed from his advice here.

Debt 100

Debt 2019 Financial Goals Emergency Fund 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 11, 2020

Our business has definitely been affected with no end in sight. I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. 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. Being self-employed, we need the security that it offers.

Budgeting 246

Budgeting Budget Family Debt 246

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 3, 2012

Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. My husband and I have some ideas about how much we want to contribute and we definitely need to devise a game plan this year. We want to go to Walt Disney World in the fall of 2012 or spring of 2013. This might take us 2 years to achieve.

Financial Goals 127

Financial Goals Goals 2012 Emergency Fund 127

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2012

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Personal Finance 219

Personal Finance Finance Debt Money 219

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. I wasn’t comfortable keeping only $1,000 in an emergency fund with two little ones and just one income, so we didn’t follow that part of his plan. Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 22, 2020

By the summer of 2013, we found ourselves in a pickle–we had too much debt and not enough cash flow. I don’t make a lot of income on this blog, and it has definitely decreased recently as I’ve reduced my hours spent blogging. Our non-mortgage loans totaled over six figures. Also, we both have side hustles.

Debt 130

Debt Health Insurance Insurance Budgeting 130