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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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Life suddenly changed for most of us in March 2020 and this past year of the pandemic has reinforced how important an emergency fund is. If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage.

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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Instead, I look for creative ways to save my family money in all aspects of our lives. 2 – We opened up high-interest savings accounts and earned $250 in interest. We got a late start on saving for college so a large portion of our college savings has been sitting in our checking account earning zilch.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Updates on our Debt Freedom Plan over the years: Our Original Debt Freedom Plan – written in March 2014. After years of scrimping and saving and not spending extra money on things, we have achieved the biggest financial goal we have ever set for ourselves in our 19 years of marriage. 1st Update in June 2014. 2018 Update.

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