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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

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’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. We were feeling pretty good about the new year.

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5 Steps to Saving Money Using Just Envelopes

Couponing 101

We are a quarter of the way through 2019, and that means it’s time to check in on those new year’s resolutions! Do not use a credit or debit card! I’ve always said that it’s silly to buy in cash when I could be getting points back on my credit card purchases.