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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Put the money saved into your emergency fund. Barter your gym membership! Do you have a gym membership? If you’re not using it, cancel it today and redirect that monthly money into your emergency savings. However, if you do use it , ask your gym if they swap volunteer hours for a free membership.

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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. The interviewees also found that cutting their food spending freed up quite a bit of money to apply towards debt.

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