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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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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. 15 – Have a yard sale. Barter your gym membership!

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Staying out of debt was/is very important to me & miraculously I have succeeded this far, praise God. Used bookstores, fair trade products, and locally sourced food/baskets/pottery are favorites, in addition to monthly outings with my kids. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I pointed out the multitude of new blogs related to saving money, being frugal, getting debt under control and learning about finances. We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. We saved and saved and saved.

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Richard Liu’s Company JD.com Appears On The Fast Track For Early 2019

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As a young man studying at Renmin University, he had tried to enter the restaurant business, but he was unable to generate the interest he had hoped and ended up in debt after closing it. He named his new company Jingdong, and within a couple years he was making enough sales to open new stores.

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