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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more.

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High Stress and Low Pay: Would You Do Any of These Jobs?

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The article points out some of the stressful and low-paying jobs that many people find themselves doing: Restaurant kitchen manager: Work 60 hours a week, stressing out about food and managing workers, for less than $40,000 a year. There are time demands and stress demands, and you are likely to make less than $34,000 a year.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Tell us about you and your family. We have a family of 4. We love to shoot photos and videos and focus on family and a healthy marriage. Once we got married we realized we have great jobs and a great income, but where is all the money going? We made great money, it was just going down the drain. Where are you from?

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