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What memories do you associate with being ill as a child?
If they were negative - how can you overcome that so it isn't a problem for you and yours in the here and now?
If they were happy - what was it about that time that made it special for you? Has it ever tempted you as an adult to be "marred" ie a little bit of a hypochondriac or have you managed to get the right balance? How has it affected how you treat illness in yourself or others today?Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/250 -
Are you happy with yourself and like the person you've become ?
If not.........why not and could you change it ?Mary
I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
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What's your favourite music of all time? What's so special about it for you?Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/250 -
Do you always do what you say you will do ?Mary
I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
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Lucky for some - noDo you always do what you say you will do ?
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What's the longest journey you've ever made? What do you remember about it?Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/250 -
When and how did you learn to drive? How many times did it take you to pass your driving test?:wave: If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain :wave:0
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What would you spend your last £1 on?Officially a non-smoker but still rounder than recommended
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Do you have vivid dreams and remember them when you wake up ?
And do you try to analyse what they mean ?Mary
I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
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If you could go back in time and do one thing differently what would it be and why?
Meet myself and tell me not to marry the woman I did. Would save being stuck in a marriage to someone I don't love for the last 17 years (I married very quickly after breaking-up with a really georgious girl call Corrine). Something I've long since come to regret.Never Knowingly Understood.
Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)
3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)0 -
If you were best friends with yourself, how would you describe you?Full time Carer for Mum; harassed mother of three;loving & loved by two 4-legged babies.
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