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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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For ideas, read: 5 Make-Ahead Breakfast Ideas. 5 – Brown bag your lunch. There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends. An easy lunch idea in one word: leftovers! Put the money saved into your emergency fund. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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For ideas, read: 5 Make Ahead Breakfast Ideas. 5 – Brown bag your lunch. Not enough time in the morning to make breakfast AND pack a lunch, one word: leftovers! Put the money saved into your emergency fund. 6 – Eat dinner at home. Dinner time is stressful. 14 – Sell the big stuff online.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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They Earned Extra Money. When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. She says, “it’s so much easier to save money when you’re not gallivanting across the countryside.

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