Grace333 you are correct, one important aspect of having an emergency funds is to help you during emergency time when you have no funds on you to solve the emergency problem, when you have money with you and you have an emergency you may not dip hands into your emergency funds if the money with you can take care of the issue so emergency funds is for emergency issues that comes when you have no money to solve the issue or emergency, so basically when you have an emergency and you have money with you to solve that emergency without it disturbing your basic needs then there's no need dipping hands into your emergency funds.
Some people when they have emergency and they have money with them which they can use to solve the emergency without it affecting their basic need they dip hands into their emergency funds which is not supposed to be like that your emergency funds should be used when you have no other alternative.
Many people often over look what you just pointed out because, An emergency fund isn’t meant to be the first source of money we run to anytime something comes up , it’s meant to be a last line of defense when no other option exists....If someone has disposable cash that can solve the problem without affecting their basic needs, then it’s better to use that instead of dipping into the emergency fund. Preserving your emergency fund ensures that when a true crisis arises and no other option is available, you will still have a reliable financial cushion to fall back on.
The real challenge is discipline. A lot of people see their emergency fund as the easy money to spend, not realizing that the whole idea is to build resilience and avoid being caught off guard. In the end, the strength of an emergency fund isn’t just in saving it, but in knowing when not to touch it.
Not necessarily bro, it's very fine to keep it in a financial system that doesn't experience much volatility, it would've been best in Bitcoin but the volatility is a great problem now.
For people with currencies that crashes against the dollar, they can keep them in stable coins like USDT to reduce the impact of inflation on it or you can even place it in the save option in a microfinance Bank app so it's there getting you little profits while you can break it anytime emergency comes.
If you convert your emergency fund into Bitcoin or buy Bitcoin with the money from your emergency fund. If an emergency situation arises, do you mean that you will sell that Bitcoin to deal with the emergency situation? If you mean something like that, then this is a completely wrong decision. Because suppose you have bought Bitcoin with your emergency fund money. If your financial crisis shows up and the Bitcoin market falls. Then where will you get the money to deal with the financial disaster? For all these reasons, it is never right to keep an emergency fund anywhere, it is always better to keep an emergency fund in cash.
I think you actually got the point right, but my question is that how does someone try to convert his emergency or reserved funds into Bitcoin, then I must say that fellow doesn’t know what investing in Bitcoin is all about and also having a good strategy to sustain our Bitcoin investment, by the way we’re not meant to invest in Bitcoin with our emergency funds or money for our expenses like our weekly or monthly income money, those are obviously not meant for buying and investing in Bitcoin, what is needed to invest in Bitcoin is a discretionary income, so we don’t mess up our Bitcoin portfolio which is basically meant for Bitcoin, and again emergency funds are not meant for finding solutions to our financial crisis, that is why we basically have a reserved funds, I don’t know if you have heard of reserved funds, that is a money that is meant to solve little details of our financial crisis should in case we find ourselves in an unforeseen financial situation, until we find our financial sustainability back, but we would have to start them 3 months into our bitcoin investment.
but I think the part that might confuse people is how you separated emergency funds from reserved funds. In financial planning terms, they are usually considered the same thing that is cash set aside for unexpected needs. If we start introducing another layer like reserved funds, it could give beginners the impression that they need to maintain multiple categories before they even think about Bitcoin, which might not be realistic for most people.
What actually matters is exactly what you pointed out, is that Bitcoin investment should come only from discretionary income, not money that is supposed to keep you afloat during emergencies. The clearer we keep that line, the less chance that people will end up mismanaging their finances in the name of stacking sats.
This situation and scenario are quite simple to understand, and it’s not something that should quite confuse a newbie or beginner, in the world of bitcoin investment, you need to invest having plans of investment sustainability, what are my trying to say, we have an emergency fund and reserved funds which are two different sustainable process and you can’t avoid anyone, unless you don’t have plans to keep your investments for a longer term, both of the are just two separate investments sustainability process.
Perhaps we know that discretionary income is important and it matters a lot for us to be able to invest and keep buying and accumulating bitcoin, but that isn’t only what matters to keep investing in Bitcoin, there is a reason why we need an emergency funds and a reserved funds, but the difference is you don’t have to start it immediately you can take a few months to get it started and start making out plans for it to have a successful Bitcoin journey.
Even if someone is eager to start stacking Bitcoin right away, it helps to understand that sustainability comes first. Without an emergency fund,
any unexpected expense could force a premature sell, and without a reserve fund, long term plans can easily break down. Both serve different purposes, but together they protect the hodl strategy from being interrupted.
Because discretionary income is the fuel for consistent buying, it often gets the spotlight, but it only works well when those safety nets are in place. Otherwise, every dip in life, not just in price, becomes a threat to the investment.
Perhaps the smarter path for a beginner is to build gradually. There is no rush to have everything in place at once.
One can start stacking small amounts while also planning to set aside for emergencies and reserves over the coming months. That balance is what allows a Bitcoin journey to last years, not just weeks.
You have presented a proper investment method . But I am noticing some inconsistency. That is, you said that in order for investment in Bitcoin not to become a risky investment , an emergency fund and a reserve fund should be formed in advance.. and after that you said that these funds should be formed along with investing bitcoin . i get a contradiction between these two things. However, I personally think that if you do not invest in Bitcoin and first look at the emergency fund and reserve fund and start saving money for it, then a lot of opportunities will be missed for investment in Bitcoin. The right way for this is to form an emergency fund and a reserve fund along with investment. As a result, the investment process will continue and the issue of saving funds will continue. In this way, it is possible to manage investment for a long time without any obstacles. If any financial problem arises, it can be solved at that time through the emergency fund and reserve fund. There will be no need to sell Bitcoin, so it will be possible to invest over a long period of time.