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KTjazz - the great life overhaul

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  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    Ouch...do think you description of the car is extremely funny though - a motorcar ambulance :rotfl:

    Are batteries very expensive? obviously parking tickets are...:rolleyes:
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
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  • KTjazz
    KTjazz Posts: 688 Forumite
    I have no idea how much a battery will set me back. Good news is that one of my dads good friends runs our local Autoparts. (I wouldn't touch Halfords or anywhere like that ever) I can usually get parts for trade because of all the business my dad brings his way.
    :hello: - Proud to be dealing with my debts!:j DFW nerd No. 1011!
    I'm back, and this time I mean business!
    If you need to talk to someone confidentially call Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or email jo@samaritans.org
    My heart knows me better than I know myself so I'm going to let it do all the talking.
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Fantastic diary! I loved your list of stuff to do (no point in me doing a before 30 one as I am over 40 :D), sorry to hear about the car though!
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
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  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,222 Forumite
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    hi KT

    stumbled across your diary by accident and have really enjoyed reading it :j judging by your list of things to do before your 30 im guessing you would really like the 101 things in 1001 days project. ive been slowly compiling my list since the summer. ive started one or two of the big long term projects already, but will probably start the project in earnest in the new year. its great for getting you to think about what you want from life. perhaps you could incorporate your '30' list into it?

    looking forward to more of your diary installments

    p_d
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    Hi KT, just popped by to say hi, just caught the start and end of the list, I did a list of 10 things I wanted to do at 25 by the time I was 30, (37 now), remember 1 was get rid of boyfriend, did thou it took another 12 mths, did most of them, went back to college, thou couple were afta 30, swam with dolphins, rode a camel in sarahara desert, saw the pyramids, this was all from a person who at 25 had never stepped onto a plane, apart from a school trip at 13 to Holland, and a few duty free runs to France, I was very pround to of achieved it.

    I think now if you want something bad enough your have a damm gd go at getting there xx
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • andan
    andan Posts: 2,110 Forumite
    hi KT

    stumbled across your diary by accident and have really enjoyed reading it :j judging by your list of things to do before your 30 im guessing you would really like the 101 things in 1001 days project. ive been slowly compiling my list since the summer. ive started one or two of the big long term projects already, but will probably start the project in earnest in the new year. its great for getting you to think about what you want from life. perhaps you could incorporate your '30' list into it?

    looking forward to more of your diary installments

    p_d

    Pavlovs dog, thanks for the link, i have many of these sites bookmarked but hadn't come across that one before.

    Kt, sorry to hear about the parking ticket, what a pain that is, at least you had the change.

    Looking forward to reading your review of the year. Have a great start to the new year.
    :j Live on £4500, £2531/£4500:T 101 in 1001 (52/101):j:beer::j


  • pavlovs_dog
    pavlovs_dog Posts: 10,222 Forumite
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    your welcome. started a thread about it HERE if you want to join in
    know thyself
    Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...
  • Just popping in to wish you Happy New year KT:beer: , hope 2009 is the year when you get lots of stuff ticked off your list:j

    Andan - if you are lurking happy new year to you:beer: see you on the £4000 thread:D

    sm xxx
    Reduce,re-use, recycle.






  • KTjazz
    KTjazz Posts: 688 Forumite
    I have not done what I set out to do. Instead I vanished off the face of the planet for nearly a week...

    I have no excuse for this other than that fact I was enjoying my holiday and decided I'd be a slave to a computer soon enough so the laptop didn't get turned on to do anything other than finish the overdue homework (which it looks like I passed, regardless of my tardiness)

    So that is my attempt at an apology to myself for letting myself down by not doing the things I said I would.

    ok, on to the good bits...
    :hello: - Proud to be dealing with my debts!:j DFW nerd No. 1011!
    I'm back, and this time I mean business!
    If you need to talk to someone confidentially call Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or email jo@samaritans.org
    My heart knows me better than I know myself so I'm going to let it do all the talking.
  • KTjazz
    KTjazz Posts: 688 Forumite
    1. Learn how to cook healthily

    2. Exercise more

    3. NO TAKE-AWAYS!! (I want to see how long I can go without having take away in my flat)

    4. Have a more active social life (reviewing 2008 really disappointed me)

    5. Read more

    6. knit more

    7. Do more homework for my course

    8. Aim to complete more of my 100 things to do before I'm 30 list and more often.

    9. spend less where ever possible.



    That's it. Help keep me on track everyone!
    :hello: - Proud to be dealing with my debts!:j DFW nerd No. 1011!
    I'm back, and this time I mean business!
    If you need to talk to someone confidentially call Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or email jo@samaritans.org
    My heart knows me better than I know myself so I'm going to let it do all the talking.
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