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Marathons, Money and Motivation

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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
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    hi hope you are okay cafcgirl and survive your last day with the company okay if you go in!
    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
  • tirlittan
    tirlittan Posts: 3,397 Forumite
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    Last day for you CAFC. Have you gone in or stayed at home?
    Hope you're starting to feel bit better...
    DEBT FREE OCTOBER 2012!
    Proud to have dealt with my debts!
  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    Nope I'm not going anywhere LOL
    I told him start of the week I wouldnt be going in.
    I thought maybe I would pop up there next week just to say hi and bye to everyone and see if I can collect my p45, apparently he has a habit of not issuing them!

    He's already tried phoning me about some rubbish, but im just past caring.....

    Feel better now the day is finally here, im still feeling pretty rough and keep heaving, im hoping a constant supply of polos will help.... getting out of bed at 12 seemed to help as well.

    Have discovered that hair has had a growth spurt, and what was a few weeks back a long elfin crop has now become a short bob! Think I may just not let hair grow, cant afford hair cuts or anything in general really....

    Hubby is paying off up to the 50% mark on his car this weekend so we can just give it back and that debt will be satisfied.

    Gordon is sitting on the sofa with me chewing his bone as he reward for learning how to give me a kiss on my nose when I say "kisses for mummy"....
    some days he makes the whole day just do a 180 :)
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • Hi CAFC - Glad you are feeling slightly better, how many weeks are you? I joked once to a friend that as she was so sick and felt so awful that she must be having twins and lo and behold when she came back from her scan she was indeed expecting twins.

    Hope the sickness stops soon, it's so awful feeling so rough and not knowing when it will end, I never suffered too much with my 3 girls, in fact with the second I only felt really sick for 1 day so was quite lucky, the 3rd one I felt worse with, think if I'd actually been sick I'd never have had any more after the first one.

    Take it easy.

    TMD
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  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    god dont tell me that, we're barely gonna be able to cope with one, let alone two of them!!!

    Im really hoping that by the 12 week mark it will have started to ease and i'll have a normal appetite back, just been eating sporadically and whatever I fancy at the time, not exactly healthy but better than not eating anything at all....
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
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    hi cafcgirl I found the healthy eating advice a joke. Take folic acid but other than that I ate what my body allowed me to.
    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
  • Just take it easy and let your OH do everything, there is nothing worse than feeling or being sick, it's my worst nightmare being sick.
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  • doodledo_2
    doodledo_2 Posts: 4,676 Forumite
    Hey chicken how you doing?
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712

    03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST :D
    Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£5000
  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    am feeling a bit better, am having sum warm milk with a bit of sugar to cheer me up xx
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • Glad you are feeling a bit better, have lots of cuddles with Gordon to cheer yourself up, I really miss the cuddles I used to have with my dog.

    How is Gordon these days?

    TMD
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