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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. 5 – Brown bag your lunch. There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. So we got a budget together in an excel spreadsheet. Little things like coffee, lunches, fast food etc add up and can kill your budget.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Now it’s time to FIND THE MONEY! Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. 5 – Brown bag your lunch. Not enough time in the morning to make breakfast AND pack a lunch, one word: leftovers! Dinner time is stressful. 15 – Find a part-time job.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. However, it produces a small part-time income from side-bar ads and affiliate commissions. ” By planning our meals and grocery list, I am able to maintain our grocery budget and still eat very well.

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