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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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Meet Doug & Laura. They Paid off $23,000 in 16 Months. | Debt Free Stories

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We knew the principles of Financial Peace University; however, we also met with a financial planner who was also a huge Dave Ramsey fan. Because we wanted to get out of debt as fast as possible, we stopped saving money after we had an emergency fund in place. Look over your current budget. Actually making a budget!

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2012 Financial Goals

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Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. Retirement saving has been a permanent part of our monthly budget for the entire eleven years that we have been married and this will not change. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. This might take us 2 years to achieve. Review our Retirement. Thanks for reading.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Families are our rock, our support system, and our fans. This doesn’t mean you will always live with a cash budget, although you certainly could. Squirrelers from Squirrelers presents The Case for a Bigger Emergency Fund. Is the conventional advice of keeping a 3 to 6 month emergency fund still valid?

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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She helps readers gain control of their finances and live well on a budget at her blog Cook with a Shoe . I would say that this plan helped me more in the area of using a zero-based budget and sticking with a budget. We followed a budget and switched to using cash, which helped us stay on track with the budget.

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