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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. We have lived through some challenging months as small business owners, but 2007 was a very tough year for us. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage. Be diligent about how you use this account.

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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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We have lived through some challenging months as small business owners, but 2007 was a very tough year for us. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage. Create a separate savings account and call it your Emergency Fund. Be diligent about how you use this account. A Very Tough Year.

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Emergency Funds: Emergencies Happen When You Least Expect It

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The year 2007 held such promise for us when it started, but by the end of the year we were brought to our knees. As self-employed owners of a small business, we have lived through some tough months, but in 2007, it was a tough year. Save it and forget about it. Which comes first: saving for an emergency OR paying off debt?

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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.” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. Almost 70% of Generation X have less than $1000 in personal savings account. *. of Generation X report a retirement savings account balance of $0.**. We had a very tough year back in 2007.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went. What’s your best frugal win?