Comments on: September Update: Emergency Fund Progress http://movetoportugal.org/emergencyfundprogress/ Simple living and moving to the sunshine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:01:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: What is Portugal like in October and November? | The Glove Box Blog from Argus Car Hire http://movetoportugal.org/emergencyfundprogress/#comment-1536 What is Portugal like in October and November? | The Glove Box Blog from Argus Car Hire Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:09:44 +0000 http://movetoportugal.org/?p=1045#comment-1536 [...] no real need to worry about October and November temperatures in the Algarve region of Portugal.  With average temperatures simmering around the 20C mark, you’ll have plenty of [...] [...] no real need to worry about October and November temperatures in the Algarve region of Portugal.  With average temperatures simmering around the 20C mark, you’ll have plenty of [...]

]]> By: SS4BC http://movetoportugal.org/emergencyfundprogress/#comment-1278 SS4BC Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:54:11 +0000 http://movetoportugal.org/?p=1045#comment-1278 Hmmm... I think I'm better at focusing on one thing at a time. If I focus on too many things I just get side-tracked and then nothing gets accomplished. I mean, I have three goals for all of 2009, and I'll probably only reach 2 of the 3. I have a feeling if I had focused myself on one, then the next, and then the next - that I probably would have gotten them all done because the progress on each would have been more rapid. Hmmmm (again)... now you really have me thinking! I wonder if this is true at all! .-= SS4BC´s last blog ..<a href="http://smallstepsforbigchange.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/money-a-goal-or-tool/" rel="nofollow">Money: A Goal or Tool?</a> =-. Hmmm… I think I’m better at focusing on one thing at a time. If I focus on too many things I just get side-tracked and then nothing gets accomplished. I mean, I have three goals for all of 2009, and I’ll probably only reach 2 of the 3. I have a feeling if I had focused myself on one, then the next, and then the next – that I probably would have gotten them all done because the progress on each would have been more rapid.

Hmmmm (again)… now you really have me thinking! I wonder if this is true at all!
.-= SS4BC´s last blog ..Money: A Goal or Tool? =-.

]]> By: Shoestring http://movetoportugal.org/emergencyfundprogress/#comment-1276 Shoestring Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:46:21 +0000 http://movetoportugal.org/?p=1045#comment-1276 I never really know - I think you just have to keep assessing it. Sometimes I have my eye on one big financial goal and other times I have several saving / buying projects on the go. It just depends what is going on at the time! .-= Shoestring´s last blog ..<a href="http://shoestringalley.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-great-clothes-debate/" rel="nofollow">The great clothes debate</a> =-. I never really know – I think you just have to keep assessing it. Sometimes I have my eye on one big financial goal and other times I have several saving / buying projects on the go. It just depends what is going on at the time!
.-= Shoestring´s last blog ..The great clothes debate =-.

]]> By: janelle http://movetoportugal.org/emergencyfundprogress/#comment-1275 janelle Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:56:06 +0000 http://movetoportugal.org/?p=1045#comment-1275 I really feel fortunate that my hub and I have paid off our mortgage. Then it gets easy to keep a great emergency fund. One thing to keep in mind is that as you pay down your house loan, the portion of your payment that actually goes to paying off the loan starts to increase considerably. 1 extra payment per year cuts a 30 year loan down to 20 years. Just tack on 1/12th extra house payment each month. The equity also can be used to get a loan for short term problems if you must. I really feel fortunate that my hub and I have paid off our mortgage. Then it gets easy to keep a great emergency fund. One thing to keep in mind is that as you pay down your house loan, the portion of your payment that actually goes to paying off the loan starts to increase considerably. 1 extra payment per year cuts a 30 year loan down to 20 years. Just tack on 1/12th extra house payment each month. The equity also can be used to get a loan for short term problems if you must.

]]> By: munchkin http://movetoportugal.org/emergencyfundprogress/#comment-1272 munchkin Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:38:58 +0000 http://movetoportugal.org/?p=1045#comment-1272 I actually think about this myself a lot. Like for instance I want to pay down my car as fast as possible, save for a trip, keep saving my emergency fund (3 months expenses) and also start a car fund for any unexpected repairs etc. But when I think of all these things and the income I have, it seems like I will only be able to make a little bit of progress on each item at a time..which is somewhat discouraging. .-= munchkin´s last blog ..<a href="http://hklover86.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-spending-days.html" rel="nofollow">No Spending Days</a> =-. I actually think about this myself a lot.
Like for instance I want to pay down my car as fast as possible, save for a trip, keep saving my emergency fund (3 months expenses) and also start a car fund for any unexpected repairs etc. But when I think of all these things and the income I have, it seems like I will only be able to make a little bit of progress on each item at a time..which is somewhat discouraging.
.-= munchkin´s last blog ..No Spending Days =-.

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