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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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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

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 your emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt. From what we learned in the course, we wrote our Debt Freedom Plan. 1 – Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. And for context, you might want to read through the list of posts above.

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Money Anxiety. Let It Go.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As much as I enjoy performing in Christmas shows each holiday season, the audiences won’t come after the New Years, which brings my work to an end before I’d like it to. I keep expenses low by living below my means and when windfalls of cash come in from bigger contracts, the money goes into replenishing savings and retirement funding.

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10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success

Penny Pinchin' Mom

There are a million short courses online that can help you get started. I’m talking about simple lessons that will change the way you relate to money. I had issues with my finances (I almost went bankrupt at some point) until I decided to educate myself.

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How to Avoid Financial Disaster

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course, we don’t do it on purpose, I know, it’s just that we often don’t realize what we have done until it’s too late and disaster strikes. Start an Emergency Fund One of the biggest things you can do to help avoid disasters is to create an emergency fund. I know that sounds harsh, but it is the reality.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I discovered the term, Zero-Based Budget, when my husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University home course many years ago. Write down any events/holidays/activities that will require funds for the month that you are planning, along with a projection of what you’ll need.

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