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Money and Finance:
Time Management for Maximum Efficiency and Minimum Stress

There are few things that feel worse than needing money quickly and not having enough time to get it. Therefore, it is important to give yourself an added advantage in life and learn to build an emergency fund, so that you'll have fast money available should the time come that you need it.

After all, there are so many different times in our lives when emergencies can require us to access unplanned sums of money, where we simply do not have a choice but to spend it. Good examples of this are medical expenses, car breakdowns, or a leaky roof.

The ideal emergency fund should contain between three and six months worth of living expenses. This may sound challenging, but when done properly, it is quite achievable.

The key is to consistently put a reasonable amount of money away that you will touch only at the time of a true emergency. If you are to have a good emergency fund available in the case that you need it, it will only work if you are regularly putting money away and leaving that money alone.

The rate of return on the savings account that you use for the emergency fund isn't half as important as simply making sure that you are always building it and never taking money back out.

Indeed, if your budget is already extremely tight, then you may find it the most challenging to always add to an emergency fund. However, if you can add even $40 or $50 every month, that money will grow over time, and it is well worth doing.

Think about your emergency fund as just another bill that needs to be paid off at the end of the month. Come up with a total amount that you need to save, for example, $3000. Then, come up with a monthly plan to “pay off” that amount. Even if you are paying $50 or $100 per month, you will be slowly but surely working toward your goal.

Think of it as something that you must pay at the end of the month, even if it means overcoming the temptation to head to that great sale. Soon enough, your fund will be built, and you'll find that you not only have emergency cash, but you also have the ability to save for whatever else you have planned.

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