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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. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build an emergency fund. 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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My husband and I meet regularly to review the budget and the status of our financial goals. We have found after 16+ years of marriage that if we do not communicate regularly about our finances, we tend to over-spend, argue, make assumptions, and become complacent. Save for emergencies. Read: How to Build your Emergency Fund.

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

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The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce. I list tons of ideas: How to Slash Your Grocery Spending . If they are, you can consider putting the extra funds into an emergency fund, pay off a credit card, or save for another financial goal. What a great problem to have, right?!?!

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