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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. It kept me up at night.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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2016 will be THE year. That was the month I didn’t know if we had enough funds to cover our expenses. Guidelines for 2016: 1. Choose Thrift First. And if forgetting about it isn’t an option, only then will I step foot into a store to purchase it. What’s your financial goal for 2016?