Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 26, 2021

Life suddenly changed for most of us in March 2020 and this past year of the pandemic has reinforced how important an emergency fund is. If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Building 2007 Credit Cards 130

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

Life, as we knew it came to a halt for so many of us in mid-March, and life going forward will forever be known as pre-pandemic or post-pandemic. 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.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 11, 2020

I have written often about the importance of an emergency fund. How I’m managing our family budget during the Pandemic: We pay ourselves at the beginning of each month, so when this crisis started in mid-March, we were covered for the month. My second prayer is that my family gets through this crisis financially.

Budgeting 246

Budgeting Budget Family Debt 246

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

I had a client engagement in Las Vegas in March 2014. We are almost done with our 3-6 month emergency fund and will begin maxing out our retirement accounts. Thank you, Aja, for being so honest with your debt free story. However, it was crucial to agree on where that excess would go. It was an awesome celebration.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Las Vegas Finance 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

Ryan is a high school math teacher and also officiates college basketball (November thru March). Our house was $150,000 (thank you Texas for affordable houses) and the thought of paying over half a million dollars for it (due to interest) made us sick to our stomach. Thank you, Olivia, for sharing your family’s story.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Finds 100