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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Remember this account is specifically for your emergency fund. Now it’s time to FIND THE MONEY!

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund. Being self-employed, we have a higher starter fund on hand and when we pay off our non-mortgage debt, we will save to at least 6 months expenses and maybe even more. Remember this account is specifically for your emergency fund.

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Where I found EXTRA Money in May 2021

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Finding extra money is a game for me. I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. Ok, so May wasn’t my greatest month for finding extra money. This money was put into my Christmas Savings account. Where did you find extra money in May?

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Christmas Savings Club | May 2019

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On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I will hold a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. I’m challenging myself to find the cash outside of our budget. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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My Binder System for Organizing Some Important Areas of My Office and My Life

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I keep separate binders for our Business Expenses & Statements , Business Taxes , Health Savings Account , Retirement , my passwords (with alphabet tabs), and Workouts. I find it visually calming. But I have seen a variety of binders at yard sales and thrift stores for pocket change.

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Grocery Chopping: Cut Down Your Grocery Bill Without Using Coupons and $500 Giveaway

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Millions of Americans and Canadians are experiencing what the emptiness feels like…the emptiness of their savings accounts, the emptiness of their wallets, and the emptiness of their kitchen cupboards. You’d be amazed to find the amount of things you can make! Homemade Goodness.

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How to Simplify Your Life to Make it Better

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I have so much stuff in my house that I can’t find anything. Have a big box ready to take the throw-away items and another for anything that is good enough to go to the local thrift store. I guarantee you will feel so much better and you have the added bonus of being able to find the things you have. Be ruthless!

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