Can Edinburgher be debt free and a mortgage holder by 30?

edinburgher

What I DID do, was lots of thinking outside the box, before I handed in my notice. Had plan B ready, incase plan A took some time to work etc.

Thanks Hypno. Like you I think I'll try my hardest to approach a potential change of career logically, hard as it is to ignore emotions when you think a particular job is for you.

My immediate plan is, of course, the debts. Then hopefully a course on my days off will let me see whether a career in hospitality is for me. If I hate it, I'll still be in a job that I do well (or so I'm told!) with a future that is at least stable if nothing else

If I love it and decide to leave my current job it will be on the best possible terms and I'll be sure to maintain links with former employers (well, maybe a Christmas card) in case I ever need them for references in the event of a career catastrophe.

Stockbroker - reflexology - stockbroker? And there was me thinking librarian - chef was wild!

hypno06

Everyone around me said I was mad - but it was one of the best things I have ever done!

Even though I went back to my old career in the end, I learnt a heck of a lot about myself in the couple of years I was doing other stuff, so that HAS to be an incredibly positive thing. Had I simply stayed where I was, I would have been stuck in a rut that was getting increasingly difficult to get out of.

I did maintain good relations with my old firm though, which has proved invaluable really - in my industry, once you have burnt your bridges, it is very difficult to rebuild them, and the competition for jobs is so fierce. So don't pi$$ anyone off, whatever you do!

doodledo_2

Hello stranger.

Seems like ages since I have been on here, why does it take so long to activate broadband when you move :mad:

Yay for getting rid of that pesky overdraft. See you are cracking on towards the last debt too :T

Hope you and GF are good.

edinburgher

Yay for getting rid of that pesky overdraft. See you are cracking on towards the last debt too

Hope you and GF are good.

It was a bit of a result We're doing great thanks - as relaxed as we can be, having fun and starting to plan for the future (not just the month).

Thanks for your PM - it's always good to see DFW buddies checking in after an absence.

Who did you take broadband with? O2 had us up and running in 5 days!

doodledo_2

Well thanks for checking I was still alive lol.

Planning for the future.........wedding bells...........do I need a hat :T

I went with Orange as I get it free with my mobile contract so worth the wait I suppose lol

edinburgher

Planning for the future.........wedding bells...........do I need a hat

Tee hee - probably not any time soon, although I do have an engagement ring savings account. Now to put some money in it.....

hypno06

We've just switched to O2 (via quidco of course) and they had the changeover done very swiftly - I was most impressed!

edinburgher

They are good. We've been using them since November and I can honestly say that we've never had to call them with any issues and have only lost service once. This resolved itself within a couple of hours.

See, now you've just made me feel jealous - we didn't use a cashback, but are getting it for approximately buttons a month as existing O2 customers

hypno06

We are O2 customers too - so cheaper broadband - and £50 cashback on quidco too......it's a shame you can't get backdated cashback!!

edinburgher

it's a shame you can't get backdated cashback!!

Who knows, in this era of reclaiming everything six years after the event this could be the next big thing It would be a brilliant way of asserting consumer power by demanding rewards for the products that we've been using for years without so much as a thank you from the manufacturers!