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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. 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.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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The PA governor has shut down all non-essential businesses indefinitely and we’ve now been ordered to stay at home unless traveling to essential jobs, needed supplies, or outdoor exercise as long as we practice social distancing. I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. Post-coronavirus, not so much!

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How to Avoid Financial Disaster

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Start an Emergency Fund One of the biggest things you can do to help avoid disasters is to create an emergency fund. This is a reserve of money for emergencies; leave it alone and don’t go dipping into it for general spending. Spiraling debt is the biggest single cause of financial distress out there.

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How to Prevent Three Common Disastrous Personal Financial Mistakes

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Lack of An Emergency Fund . One of the most common disastrous finance mistakes is not having any sort of financial back-up for emergencies. Experts recommend an emergency fund of at least six month’s salary as essential, especially if you are struggling to make ends meet. Making weekly payments will save interest.

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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. What’s your best frugal win? As a young 20 something, that felt big!

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P.E.P for the Week of January 17-21/11- Spread the Happiness Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Get Rich Slowly shares with us how we can all put money in an emergency fund no matter what our financial situtation is. Kevin at Sweating the Big Stuff tells us why we shouldn’t save for an emergency fund. We have a small fund for emergencies but most of our money is invested so we can make some money on it.

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