Life Happens: Be Prepared

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Our Stove Broke. It's a pretty expensive fix. Luckily, we have an emergency fund!

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This is what the emergency fund is for! This is pretty much the definition of an emergency: we can’t push this off , we can’t skimp on the repairs, and we can’t DIY since the gas company will need a licensed and insured technician to sign off on the appropriate repairs.

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Should I have Budgeted for this?

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You need a "Life Happens" Fund

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You don’t need to call it an emergency fund. You can call it an “Inevitable Fund.” You can call it a “Life Happens” fund. You can call it the “All the Things I can’t Budget for because I Am Human” fund. The point is the same: it’s a fund for things that come up unexpectedly.

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