<prompt> Human: If you need help, please check the PF Wiki to see if your question might be answered there.This thread is for personal finance discussions, questions, and sharing your success stories:1. Make a top-level comment if you want to share something positive regarding your personal finances! Instead of posting individual threads for positive success stories of how youve funded your emergency fund, made progress on your debt, saved for a future goal, reached a certain net worth, or anything else you would like to share, lets consolidate everyones stories into one weekly thread!2. Please make a top-level comment if you want to ask a question! Also, please dont downvote moronic questions! If you have not received your answer within 24 hours, you can feel free to start a discussionA big thank you to the many PFers who take time to answer other peoples questions!For past threads, please search the Weekly Archive  <response>: Im so grateful for this sub for helping us get here, and grateful for this thread so I can share our success! Weve come a long way. It really hit home the other day when I was silently listening to coworkers and managers griping about expenses and how ridiculous it is that some experts recommend that you have an emergency fund to cover two months-- some say six-- SIX! months! set aside. Who has that?! Well we do. I just kept my big mourh shut. Its been a long struggle to get here, but I did take more than a year to get back to work after some huge life changes relocation with spouses job, kid in college, major health expenses, etc.. We burned through some of our home sale proceeds, but less than two years later, our new home was about 23 paid for, we still werent carrying any consumer debt, our net worth was back to where we had cushion. Not 6 months in cash, but access to it if we need it some cash, access to credit, and cashout Vanguard funds if we need. My coworkers went on to discuss their out-of-state vacation plans and uber expensive hobbies. On the way to buying yet another lunch. You know the scenario. My hubs and I managed to save almost my whole salary last year. It wasnt easy, but we know its so worth it in the long run. Thank you, everyone, for helping us to stay on track! 