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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Consider setting the money aside in a savings account that isn’t immediately accessible and doesn’t have an ATM attached to it This will help to avoid any impulsive non-emergency spending.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. While we said no to eating out and going to the movies all the time, we. friends or family to save on housing costs, and we put a little bit from. each check into a savings account. By the time summer rolled around, we. savings for college for our girls.

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