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Debt free diaries
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**Insert witty diary title here**
Well Hulloooooo After years of lurkdom I have decided to poke me foot in the water and start a diary all of my own. I follow a few diary's on here and have made "limited" posts (Ok mainly stalking Foxgloves) but never get round to writing my own. A bit about me/us: We are a two person (self confessed nerds), two pet…
DrSpendingLittle's New Home - staying accountable and responsible
I think this is the right way to start a new debt free diary... :# I can't access my old diary 'Reducing Debt - being accountable and taking responsibility' as my account can't be accessed / logged into :'( :'( But, fear not, I've set up under this new yet familiar identity! B) I am (still) debt free and in the early…
Pips needs a cunning plan....
Hello all Been around here for ages, (2008) and life's been quite tumultuous! Change of user name as lost log in. doh!! We've been seriously looking at our finances and contemplating what to do to plot an early retirement. Household consists of one husband (f/t employment), me (f/t employment) one dog (no income), extended…
Single income, simple goal
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Getting the job done......
Hello everyone:wave: I meant to start posting that the beginning of 2020 - a new decade and all that but here we are and it's February already. A little about me.... I'm a 48 year old chap and live on my own in the North West of England. I have my own house and generally I'm doing OK but recently, my age has been weighing…
Wasteful spending has to stop: 41 is too old for this
Long time lurker here. Finally decided to start a diary of my own as I really really need to keep self accountable. Bit of background: For many many years I was in significant amounts of debt. My parents were very strict and though they helped with my education in the traditional way, I was totally uneducated and very…
Project 2025
I had my LBM a couple of weeks ago, having been waiting for it for years. It’s very frustrating to only now be understanding the value of money when I’m at the bottom of the barrel, but I suppose it’s borne of necessity. I needed to get here (and to hope for better) in order to make a change. I’ll try and make a long story…
Cleaning up for parents. Loans + SOA Calculator
Stressed, depressed, but going to try our best!
Hi everyone! I've spent a few weeks reading through the forum and you've all really encouraged me to take back control of my finances! My situation is that I live in a rented property with OH and 2yo Son. We're in around £8k of debt (Made up of numerous catalogues, credit cards, and recently not keeping up with bills…
Redmel's 2020 Diary: (Nearly) Halfway There.
I have decided to start a new diary for 2020. I fell off the wagon over Christmas, but thankfully not by too much, and added a bit of debt to the pile. However, in January, I did manage to pay a few small debts off, so it has offset the added debt a smidge. We started off with £31495.52 in debt and as it stands today we…
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