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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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10 – Do It Yourself. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. 19 – Shop thrifty for you clothing needs. 22 – Flip your thrifty finds. There are online sites that will buy books.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

12 – Do It Yourself. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. 23 – Flip your thrifty finds. You can read the site’s full disclosure here. Put the money in your emergency fund instead.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The strategies did keep us out of debt however, and instilled in us habits of self-reliance, attitudes of ‘we can do that’ and a measure of life-long thriftiness that we might not otherwise have had. Doing your own lawn care not only helps you cut costs, but also gets you out in the sunshine and gives you exercise.