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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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You see, we learned a valuable lesson many years prior about the importance of an emergency fund. We reduced our spending where we could that year, but the money to pay any shortfall each month came from our emergency fund. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage.

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Create an Emergency Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Both instances could have brought us down and we could have reached for a credit card, but thankfully, my husband and I are pretty adamant about having an emergency fund and I want you to become adamant about having one too. That fund was a life saver, a sanity saver and a marriage saver. What is an Emergency Fund.

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Money Anxiety. Let It Go.

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As an actress, I often face periods of unwanted unemployment. Rather than letting myself become overwhelmed by money anxiety every time a show closes, I live my life in a way that allows me to be prepared for unemployment and inconsistent income at any time. It hasn’t always been that simple though. Do You Have an Income Problem?

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Live Real, Now: Make Extra Money, Part 6: Setting Up a Site In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, LRN is going to show you how to set up a WordPress site. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund? One of the major components of being financially fit is to have an emergency fund.

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