Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 1, 2021
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 an emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
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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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. DONE November 2019. Prioritize.
Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 18, 2019
Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. 1 – Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. Our 2019 Financial Goal. We have zilch set aside for our girls’ college.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 11, 2016
A few of my favorite personal finance books: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness , by Dave Ramsey. Start Saving for your Emergency Fund TODAY! We reduced our spending where we could that year, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund. And Read some more.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
I have been sharing my passion for simple living on GrowingSlower.com since 2011, and I now have added the Real Mom’s Guide series of books and courses to further encourage my readers! In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. They keep us very busy!
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 21, 2011
Usually when I walk home, I listen to a book. Well yesterday, my book finished half way through the walk so I decided to turn on some tunes. Personal Finance by the Book shares with us the nuts and bolts of budgeting and how we can be best equipped to manage our money better. It’s how I get my reading done.
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