Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. After paying off the debt, she was able to quit her job to pursue her passion. She blogs at The Debt Myth. Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do. How much debt did you pay off?
Penny Pinchin' Mom
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Should you just pretend that you don’t have savings and increase your debt ? While you can control where and how you shop, you can’t control the need to eat. Of course, once in a while, you guys can paint the town red, but not every weekend. My family chooses to eat out once per week, for example.
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Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 1, 2021
He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Personally, I think a starter fund should be $2000-$3000.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Being self-employed, we have a higher starter fund on hand and when we pay off our non-mortgage debt, we will save to at least 6 months expenses and maybe even more. 1 – Determine how much you need.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
I pointed out the multitude of new blogs related to saving money, being frugal, getting debt under control and learning about finances. I even made the kid’s play dough and finger paint. Eating out or going to a movie were once a year events. We changed our own oil and rotated our own tires.
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