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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? These folks didn’t corner the market on goal success either, instead they just got the task DONE. Their 2017 goal is to boost their savings rate and get their expenses down to $30,000 a year as they work towards financial independence.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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Our 2019 Financial Goal. Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. We can now move on to other financial goals. 1st Update in June 2014. 2018 Update.

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The Final Day of 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Day 2: What are Your Financial Goals. Day 3: I took 4 days off due to an unexpected family emergency. Day 10: Create a Personal Escrow Fund. Day 13: Create an Emergency Fund. Day 14: Create a Gift Giving Fund. Day 30: Grocery Budget Challenge. Budget Financial Organization'

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How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips

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Whether you are looking to save extra money for your emergency fund and potential unexpected expense, a new kitchen, or your kids’ college tuition—you name it—you will require self-discipline and a plan to reach any financial goal. Go generic wherever possible and save some money when grocery shopping.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. I wasn’t comfortable keeping only $1,000 in an emergency fund with two little ones and just one income, so we didn’t follow that part of his plan. I cut our grocery budget down to less than half of what it was.

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