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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. 3 – Reduce your monthly utility bills.

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Eight Things I Learned After Becoming a Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You don’t have to contend with deciding which bill to pay or how to avoid a debt collector’s call or trying to keep the landlord off your back. Being thrifty stays an ingrained habit. In doing so, many become adept at thriftiness. You have less risk in trying something new when you have financial backing.

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The Prairie Eco-Thrifter Giveaway Extravaganza: 2nd Anniversary with an iPad 3 and over $200 Cash To Be Won Plus a Bonus Prize

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While many personal finance sites focus on things such as getting out of debt, saving for retirement, and investing, what really matters to me the most is how we can live healthy prosperous lives. The site has grown and changed so much and I owe it all to you, my readers.

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Japan Relief – How You Can Help

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Well, people talk in America about our National Debt quite often and how high it is. The way debt works is that to raise money for your own country, you sell treasury bills or bonds. Here in America, they are called T-Bills and the Chinese government and large multi-national companies buy ours. Text REDCROSS to 90999.

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

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In fact, my husband and I just revamped our budget so that we can donate to charities even more each month. I did this yeas ago when I was in debt and it made paying off the debt a reality. Set up automatic bill payment so that you’re never late on payments again. She was still struggling with college credit card debt.