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  • mrscmr
    mrscmr Posts: 2,903 Forumite
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    yay for karen... sounds like u have ur zippidy doo dah back!!!

    good to have a plan. i sort of dont have a plan. seem to be drifting a little at mo but we will see.

    hope ur feeling ok - sounds like you may be little worn out and in need of sleep - hope that has passed now.

    have a good evening, nice tv tonight with apprentice and desp housewives!
    xx
    Highest Debt £581,000 Nov 08 and now owe nothing! yes really! I have learnt my lesson the hard way!
    :heart2:Ebay Challenge 2011 - Still supporting from afar!
    Long haulers supporters DFW #223
  • Primula
    Primula Posts: 953 Forumite
    Karen
    Your plan sounds like a really good one to me. It's good to have goals to work towards. Stay motivated and keep logging on here, I know you said before you were trying to have a break off here for a while, but I think coming on here, even for 15 mins a day, is the best motivator ever!
    Good luck.
    P
    x
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
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    HI Karen - small steps get you there in the end. Clearing £4K+ off your debt would be a great feeling - you might actually be able to get a better full and final settlement deal if your debt has been sold on too.... Keep saving and making the min payments in the meantime and at least then you start to have some options.

    I am absolutely shattered too.... Hope you are okay!
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    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 £5K updated 10/10/25
  • jtr2803
    jtr2803 Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    I'm glad you are back and feeling much better :D

    The plan sounds like a great idea, I know we talked in the past about PP and F&Fs (I feel like I'm speaking in a secret code!) but the achievement you will feel when you have saved that amount will be great and will no doubt spur you on to save/make even more!

    I am hoping to pay my debts off by my 28th in March but I think that could be wishful thinking but we don't know unless we try eh? ;)

    Very happily married on 10th April 2013 :D
    Spero Meliora
    Trying to find a cure for Maldivesitis :rotfl:
  • Karen_30
    Karen_30 Posts: 823 Forumite
    jtr2803 wrote: »

    The plan sounds like a great idea, I know we talked in the past about PP and F&Fs (I feel like I'm speaking in a secret code!) but the achievement you will feel when you have saved that amount will be great and will no doubt spur you on to save/make even more!

    I am hoping to pay my debts off by my 28th in March but I think that could be wishful thinking but we don't know unless we try eh?

    jtr2803 - i'm getting so annoyed with PP at the moment that if I do manage....sorry when I have saved this money I will look at sorting things myself. Even if I don't I think I will just say a relative has given me the money to pay off some debts in full and that the offer won't stand if I just pay off towards all....if you get me;) It is like speaking in secret code sometimes!!
  • Karen_30
    Karen_30 Posts: 823 Forumite
    Ok, time for a daily list me thinks.......

    1. Check online banking and plan for the remainder of month.
    2. Daily scratch cards.
    3. Eat sensibly all day.
    4. 30 mins exercise.
    5. No spend day.
    6. Chase up college prospectus again :mad: ....seems that they are having mail problems!!!

    Anyhow, enough from me. Speak later,

    K xx
  • mrscmr
    mrscmr Posts: 2,903 Forumite
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    hi karen
    i love your lists ... they really make you think .. dont they?

    i make lists too but then i lose them - duh!

    i have so much to do and just cant be bothered!!!
    must try harder

    have a great day!x
    Highest Debt £581,000 Nov 08 and now owe nothing! yes really! I have learnt my lesson the hard way!
    :heart2:Ebay Challenge 2011 - Still supporting from afar!
    Long haulers supporters DFW #223
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
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    Hi Karen - you sound like you are still doing very well - taking all the small steps that really make a difference!

    Hope that the rest of your week goes well
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    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 £5K updated 10/10/25
  • Karen_30
    Karen_30 Posts: 823 Forumite
    Afternoon :D

    Wow, what a lovely sunny day again. I can't go outside though as got myself a little sunburnt at the weekend....oops :o

    Have had a lovely weekend in Southampton, it was great to have a carefree girly weekend without a care in the world....didn't give money (very naughty of me :o) a thought, chilled out with numours bottles of wine and now need a super detox!!!!

    Back to it from tomorrow though. Today is my day off and I am off to visit a friend and her little one later this afternoon which will be nice.

    From tommorrow it's all about sorting life and money again....the joy :rolleyes:

    K xx
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    glad you've taken some time to relax - we all need that
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    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 £5K updated 10/10/25
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