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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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My family’s finances have also been affected. 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. It was during this time that I created my first Family Balance Sheet. Everything changed.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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As part of his baby steps, he does not advocate contributing to retirement until after you’ve paid off non-mortgage debts and saved 3-6 months of expenses in an emergency fund. We didn’t eliminate eating out completely, but just cutting back the splurge to once a week drastically reduced how much we spent.

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

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If you’re spending too much at restaurants, read: 15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out . I would never tell someone to cancel the gym membership if they use it, and if you do use a gym membership, find out how my husband got a FREE family gym membership. appeared first on Family Balance Sheet.

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