Milestones

edinburgher

Under £5k was my last big one - my next one will be reaching £2.5k in savings so that I can hopefully pay off the DCA in some sort of deal whereby they agree to never speak to me again, send me Christmas cards, babysit for me, that sort of thing..

mbaz

edinburgher wrote: »

Under £5k was my last big one - my next one will be reaching £2.5k in savings so that I can hopefully pay off the DCA in some sort of deal whereby they agree to never speak to me again, send me Christmas cards, babysit for me, that sort of thing..

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Good luck with that!!

HHH_2

under 60k was my first goal and just this month i reached under 40k. still a long way to go but feel very confident I can do it.

Rammstein1

HHH wrote: »

under 60k was my first goal and just this month i reached under 40k. still a long way to go but feel very confident I can do it.

Dont know what your LBM total was but it sounds like you doin well :T

Rammy

always29

No matter how small, the milestones really do make a difference. I have done really well the last few months and surprised myself and it does spur you on. I note down everything I spend and think about everything I buy more so than ever.

Looking forward to about March when the credit card, overdraft and holiday fund debt will go. The ifc eye surgery debt is included in my sig but to me it's priceless. When that's gone its Baby 29's saving milestone time!

hypno06

Just remember not to set your next milestone too far out of reach - if something seems unachievable, or a long way off, we are more likely to feel dejected and unmotivated, and we get that "wading through treacle" feeling.

So, even if your next milestone is to get to the next £100 or next £1000 figure, that is good enough!

Remember, each journey is made of many footsteps

urg123

HI Rammstein and others,

I've always been very private about my milestones - probably because I fear not achieving them.
When I first started my milestones were about just taking lunches in to work and managing a week of sticking to a mealplan (which I still struggle to do!).

I hit a milestone the other day - I have moved my debt to sub £15000 or just over 18% of my debt. I didn't know if I'd get there or when or even how but slowly I am learning. I've joined the £20k by Dec 2009. Based on this I need to get rid of about £5000 debt per quarter.

My next milestones are:
20% paid off
25% paid off
To finish paying off at least two credit cards by April and not having to BT the balance to yet another 0% deal!

Small steps make massive strides over time.

URG X

Rammstein1

hypno06 wrote: »

Remember, each journey is made of many footsteps

Its people like you whose footsteps we are following Hypno
You and others have inspired me with your diaries and achievements

Rammy

Nic25

Evening all, good post!!

My first big milestone is to get my total debt under £10k - I'll be very excited when it goes down to 4 figures!

This is obv. gonna take a while, so my first little milestone is to get OD (£1250) under £1000

And also to hit £100 in my little digital money saving tin (£38.01 just now!)

Rammstein1

We all seem to have nice little milestones and we have to come back to celebrate when we hit one so we can all congrats each other

Rammy