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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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My family’s finances have also been affected. Our emergency fund. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. It was during this time that I created my first Family Balance Sheet. Everything changed.

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

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Tell us about you and your family. Because we wanted to get out of debt as fast as possible, we stopped saving money after we had an emergency fund in place. The tension would come when we didn’t have a plan and didn’t communicate about finances. An emergency fund with 6-8 months’ worth of expenses it.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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She is the co-founder of the website, Little Light on a Hill , where she writes about faith, family, and finances. Tell us about you and your family. to be able to go on a family missions trip. emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. 5 – Make time for creative family fun!

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Once the goals are set, they focus on one step at a time and communicating regularly. Will it be your spouse, coworkers, family, a Facebook support group? We have found after 16+ years of marriage that if we do not communicate regularly about our finances, we tend to over-spend, argue, make assumptions, and become complacent.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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Kristen from My Dollar Plan reminds us Why You Should Tell Your Family About Your Debt. I am a big believer in communicating. I know our families all talk pretty open about money issues so that we can help and support each other. This makes us closer as families which to me is the real reward. I totally agree.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Invest it Wisely: Steve Jobs: Entrepreneur and Capitalist Extraordinaire On Wednesday, the world lost a great entrepreneur and capitalist, a man whose creativity and genius sparked an entire industry and changed the face of computing and communication forever. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund?

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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Tell us about you and your family. I knew that we had to do something different because we made a decent family income, but had nothing to show for it except for the mountain of bills that I had laid out in front of me. I think communication and being on the same page really helped out. Where are you from? What are your hobbies?

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