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Marathons, Money and Motivation
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quiet. Met friends for lunch yesterday and now i'm hooked on farmtown on facebk and twitter! like i need any more distractions right now!
you doin alright?0 -
Glad that he is moving thro the fire service stages now....
Good luck with all those applications....
I have just got up - am on my first coffee! But I have been struggling to sleep this week and going to bed at silly o'clocks....!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 10/10/250 -
i think there will be 4 other stages from when he was talking about it...
i must admit fire service stuff bores me senseless so ill confss to not have paid THAT much attention when he told me...Wealth is not measured by currency0 -
Typically I have a headache now, the kids are driving me barmy, thank God school starts back tomorrow and DD1 will be out of the house, they don't listen to a word I say, I have to ask a million times for them to do something and then I have to shout really loudly. Woe is me!!!Sealed Pot Challenge #0160
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awww hun, maybe they are just being major hyper with starting school back this week.....Wealth is not measured by currency0
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evening!
How is everyone today?0 -
headache.....
and got a call for an interview on friday, so need to call them back to see what time i can do....Wealth is not measured by currency0 -
that's good news about the interview! Hope it goes well!0
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thanks hun...
got a rejection email from boots saying thankyou but they felt i was overqualifed (which to be fair I probably am) but this new interview sounds promising, although I do feel guilty for then leaving in december....Wealth is not measured by currency0 -
Good luck with the interview.Sealed Pot Challenge #0160
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