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Spendy Wendy to Saver Savvy
After lurking for what seems an age, I have finally created an account and started to interact this forum :) For years I feel that we have been flying by the seat of our pants, not planning in advance, using savings and investments to pay for holidays and other luxuries and just not really having control on our finances.…
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Mentally exhausting
Hi all, this is my first post but a long term reader of this forum. I have been in debt my whole adult life and now in my early 40s. It all started when I started work at 18 in a high street bank and had access to easily accessible credit which I kept consolidating and taking out more. I was on top of my debts but my OH…
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Back in debt after clearing it in 2013
Here I am again, back in debt 😩 I cleared 17.5K back in 2013 using the suggestions on this forum, but life (and a complete inability to manage money) has led me back to being in debt. Granted it's not as bad as before, at least the LBM was quicker this time around 😆 but it needs sorting. I did start doing a payment a day,…
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The Little Cottage by the Sea
Hello my loves, I've wandered these threads for a few years and old versions of myself have had different user names and different diaries. I feel like this is a new chapter. One where I'm content and capable and I hope to bring you along for the story. The diary title is me manifesting the dream. I have come a long way,…
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The Debt-Free Journey Begins....
Good morning all, I've looked through these forums for some years and taken lots of good ideas and inspiration from other users. So thank you. But now it's time I actually hold myself accountable for my own messy finances and lock in to becoming debt free and on the right track to live a much easier life financially. I'm…
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One day at a time
Im starting this dairy to keep track and hold myself accountable. unsecured debts of £54k. Have clearly been living off CC more than i ever realised. All been low apr or 0% BT, now coming to an end this year, interest is killing me, monthly payments circa £1200. My OH knew nothing of any of it, they knew we had a loan and…
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Reining it in for retirement and sanity
Hi all No idea why I got booted out last time - don't think anything in my thread was inappropriate - but then lost my email password and couldn't get back in so back again(!). Background - Female, mid 40's with 2 young DC (6&4). One has additional needs. Live with them and DH. Work full time as does DH. Previously lots…
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2026: time to face facts and plan for the hard times ahead
Hello everyone, I've been a long time lurker under a different alias but have now created a new moniker to be a bit more vague about name and area of UK as starting this journey and will be posting for my own sanity and all your support I've seen so much across the years. I'm in a deep pile of debt that I've been servicing…
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Busting this debt before 40
Time for me to de-lurk on this thread and start my own dairy. Long story short ish. Away on work last year all my co-workers talked about pensions. Then realised that I wouldn't get my state pension till 67. Also my work pension doesn't kick in till 67 either...(There's like a mini pension for when I've done my contracted…
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Default me
Well, where do I start? I have been in debt for my whole adult life, since I was accepted for my first store card at 18. You would have thought I would have learnt by now how to manage but again, in the same month that all of my previous defaults have dropped off my credit file, I am about to default on all of my debts…
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Creating the life I want - and tackling my debt!
Hello all, Years ago I had a journal, but back then, I was at home with my parents, trying to keep a business afloat that paid me a pittance. Moving out felt like a pipe dream. But I did. After closing my business down in 2017, I took on an entry level government job and worked my way up a couple of grades [so far] and…
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The Journey to being debt free, hopefully
So I am bad at following through on things. And I have an impulsive nature. The impulsive nature is probably what has made me start this thread, and it is going to rely on me actually following through to keep it updated. I have just set a bi daily calendar reminder to update thhis post, we will see how it goes. I am…
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£32k in 23 months!
Here I go! I have been in some form of debt my entire adult life. I’m not in dire straights each month, but I am sick of taking payment holidays when I need some more room, managing interest rates and trying to be smart while all I’m actually doing is moving debt around for what feels like forever. I recently started a new…
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A Map for the Financially Lost
Ok. I am lost and indecisive. Ten yrs ago my plan was to be mortgage free by 50. I am 50 and lost. I need a plan. A plan to stick to! I work in a supermarket full time and have 2 teenagers Car broke and mum loaned my £10k. No pressure to pay her back, in fact sometimes she talks like she doesnt, but will not commit to…
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From broke to better ..a journey
Hi everyone. Well today is, as they say, the first day of the rest of my life. The first real day of my journey to get rid of debt. I am alone in this. No partner and no family for support so I am finding myself tearful and scared. I know noone here can hold my hand, but I've seen so much support on other people's diaries…
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Credit Score effects by moving money from a main account to a saving account with the same bank prov
Hello folks, I hope you all good. i would like to ask simple question which I can’t find a answer for it. I’m debt free since 2023 June. I managed to save up a couple of thousand £ on my main account. The same time I opened a new debit card for £500 limit to improve my credit score. Before when I opened debit card £500 my…
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Moriarty Law and JC international
I have received an email from moriarty law acting on behalf of JC international acquisition LLC for a scottish power debt at my previous property from nearly 6 years ago (august 2020) stating that l owe JC international money and they are acting on their behalf and offering me a 40% discount if l pay within 28 days. What…
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Road to Financial Peace
Hello, Happy New Year. I have attempted keeping a diary a few times on here but never kept it up for one reason or another. So here I am again but more determined than ever to shift this debt (I am not getting any younger lol) So I am late 40's married with 2 adult children still at home. DH is the main wage earner and…
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Another debt from 20+ years ago paid off! Harooo
😁 So, after taking out a credit card in my mid 20s, landing myself in an awful relationship where he stopped working, I was earning around £4 an hour, and everything then went on the credit card …. Age just shy of 51, I have just settled the balance of £1958 for £580 with Capquest. Despite my long-term mental health…
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Paying off £37065 unsecured debt by July 2027 while continuing to travel this amazing world
£37065, it’s a challenge, but I’m up for it. The debt is made up of three credit cards, Very, a car loan, and a boob job loan 😆 I’m planning on combining the avalanche and snowball methods. I know it makes sense to overpay the higher interest Very debt first, but I need the quick win of waving goodbye to my smallest credit…
