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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I don’t want to wait years. These will continue as long as I can find people don’t mind being open and transparent about their debt free story. We will be challenging ourselves to resist buying retail and instead choose thrift by borrowing, buying second hand, or making do with what we already have.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. We don’t travel extensively, but we do like to get away.