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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. 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. This new business debt weighed on me. Our first storm: 2007. Storm #2: 2013.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. We paid off our last non-mortgage debt in September and have since sent that loan’s monthly payment to our mortgage principal. We just finished paying off our non-mortgage debts and now we were considering taking out a car loan. Cash is King.

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

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. You are directing your money where to go–giving YOU the authority over your money. How to Watch Great TV without Cable – We were able to cut $50/month by giving up cable, yet we still watch great TV.

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