Partially true. It's just as much about realizing your finances are in crisis and confronting it as much as it is preventing it. In fact there's large section

Partially true. It's just as much about realizing your finances are in crisis and confronting it as much as it is preventing it. In fact there's large sections of the forum dedicated to just that. Or see here: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/12/03/reader-case-study-hair-on-fire/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/12/03/reader-case-study-... or here: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/04/18/news-flash-your-debt-is-an-emergency/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/04/18/news-flash-your-de... or here: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/09/15/reader-case-study-the-long-road-to-mustachianism/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/09/15/reader-case-study-... Hate to sounds like a MMM fanboy... but they do offer as much helpful advice for those in crisis as they do for those striving to improve. It's just more painful measures when speaking of the former.