<prompt> Human: Hi there, In almost every post we get in our little community you will come across the oh so holy emergency fund. Its size is debated, but we all seem to get along with 3-6 months of expected expenses. To many readers this might seem to be allot of money, and it usually is. Its importance in your finances is non the less huge.About 12 months ago last June I found my self in a place where a big part of my education was finished, I looked to the future with hope and dreams of betterment. I quit my then dead-end job and did not look back.That was a very bad move as there were no jobs in my area fitting my skills and education. The months went past slowly, and painfully. By summers end I considered my day job to be job seeking. I paid my self a total of 1000month from my emergency fund. The fall was coming to an end and so was my emergency fund. Late November I somehow got my self a manager position at a high end grocery store not at all in range of my skills andor education. About the same time I also found this subreddit. I lashed out my last saving on Christmas presents to my family who had long before given up on the possibility of getting any. I am happy to say that on this day of posting my payday, the emergency fund is now in better shape than 12 months ago and still growing. I want to thank the great minds that inhabit most of you. The stern and educated advice you give each day to many a lost soul also helped me and continues to do so. Lessons learned: 1 Do NOT quit your job before you have a new one 2 Keep a healthy emergency fund, and when you think its big enough, ad more. TLDR: No job bad, emergency fund good.  <response>: My emergency fund is about to come in handy. The turbo in my v-dub just went out. Without my e fund, Id be screwed. 