Personal Narrative: Improving Financial Situation

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According to the checklist I was more in financial trouble a couple weeks ago. I am continuing to improve my financial situation. It is hard to select no to all the warnings when I am a newlywed college student only recently venturing into the world. With no money we could have been considered to be in financial trouble, but I keep on saving and slowly getting out of trouble. A couple weeks ago I would have checked the yes box to living paycheck to paycheck. Then I saw my husband and I do not spend anything close to the entire paycheck and we have a good amount saved up; therefore, I would not consider us living paycheck to paycheck. We do, however, only spend to minimal amount we need in order to save the most we can.
I have still

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