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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. What inspired you to get debt free? When my wife and I got married, we both made the decision that our first financial priority would be becoming debt free. Because we wanted to get out of debt as fast as possible, we stopped saving money after we had an emergency fund in place.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Multi-pronged answer here: historically it was hard-wired in my DNA as a necessity but also being a good steward of what we’re blessed with & being able to give/help others; having enough for emergency funds was always a high priority as well. As a young 20 something, that felt big! But generally, most things have gone up in cost.

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Meet Tracy, a Single Mom Who Paid Off $41,587 | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She blogs at Happy Healthy Mommy. My daughter and I are gluten free due to celiac and changing to a healthy grain free sugar free way of cooking has become a big passion of mine over the last couple of years. What inspired you to get debt free? Who initiated the debt free goal?

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So here’s what I got.

Saving In Akron

Sit down at 11:00 PM to work on this blog after all that. So thank you all for being patient with me while I got this car fiasco taken care of. And thank you all for your comments and insight. And just to let you all know, I practice what I preach here on my blog. That's a great start on an emergency fund.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She blogs at The Debt Myth. I quit my job to focus on my own stuff (blogging, painting, rental property, my iPhone app, writing Kindle books, etc.). Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do. What inspired you to get debt free? Where are you from?

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Is Travelling Overrated?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These days, if you spend any time on most personal finance blogs, one of the author’s main goals in life is spending less money on stuff and more money travelling. Okay, congratulations on that, but have you fully funded your emergency fund? Your future self will thank you. Traveling is pretty cool.

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