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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

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. We reduced our spending where we could, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

We didn’t have credit card debt, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%, so we thought we were doing okay. We thought credit card debt wasn’t very smart, but a car loan? Increase business emergency savings to $$$. | Should be done in another month or two.

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