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  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Hi all

    MG - so sorry about your troubles with the bank, I'm sure you can find a way round this - look what you've achieved so far.

    EssexHebridean - brave move leaving your job, do you know what you're going to do next? I loved Noel Streatfield books too - expect I've still got them somewhere!

    I seem to be having a very wobbly week - loads to do but really feel like hiding away from it all.
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,495 Forumite
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    redsquirrel80 Not so much brave as something which circumstances required - someone was talking previously about "toxic" jobs and mine really had turned that way - my health and happiness is more important than any job can ever be and so the decision was taken. As to what I'm going to do next, I feel like I'm 15 again, wondering what I want to do when I grow up! :D I'm considering the idea of something self-employed though.

    Why are you having a wobbly week do you think? Would articulating your thought on here help to set out clearly where you are struggling so that you can move onwards and upwards?
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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,379 Forumite
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    Ooh, essexHebredian, how free you must feel! :T And how lovely to see it as an opportunity :j Well done you :D

    (((Redsquirrel))))))))))

    How's MG this morning?
  • Hugs to you MG.... But I know you will find another way and come at it harder and better than before. We all have faith and believe in you.

    Firewalker came up with a great idea... why don't we all invest in you! A little bit from lots can make a great amount! xx
    Became Mrs Scotland 16.01.16 :heart:Became homeowners 26.02.16 :heart:Baby girl arrived 27.10.16 :heart:Baby boy arrived 16.09.2018
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    redsquirrel80 Not so much brave as something which circumstances required - someone was talking previously about "toxic" jobs and mine really had turned that way - my health and happiness is more important than any job can ever be and so the decision was taken. As to what I'm going to do next, I feel like I'm 15 again, wondering what I want to do when I grow up! :D I'm considering the idea of something self-employed though.

    Why are you having a wobbly week do you think? Would articulating your thought on here help to set out clearly where you are struggling so that you can move onwards and upwards?

    Good for you for making the right decision - sounds quite exciting :D

    I think I'm partly wobbly because I'm not used to being so busy - my previous job was pretty dull. I've been in this one for four months and it's just started getting really busy. I've got lots going on outside of work as well, and I'm finding it hard to concentrate on one thing at a time. With that in mind, I've made a list on my diary and I'm going to log off and get some of it done!
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • clairewop
    clairewop Posts: 8,007 Forumite
    Any News from MG?

    Great idea us all investing in her :)

    Well sorting coming along nicely, haven't started on the boxes in the dining room yet,

    but I have replenished the boxes I take to craft fairs, from what I call my overflow box. Put internet jewellery in a separate box, so it doesn't get mixed up and put boxes away.

    Just sitting with a coffee, then I'm going to replenish the earring stands, got a few spaces on there now.
    Boiler pot £30.92/£1000
  • Memory_Girl
    Memory_Girl Posts: 4,957 Forumite
    Just ruig in to make a quick post - cos I am on Skype with my "Advisory Board" - don't I sound posh:rotfl:

    The message from them is

    "MG apologises for being absent from the board last night - we are working with her to come up with a Win-Win solution and will be posting later today with a plan to blast through these issues"

    OMG that sounds serious:eek:

    Will be back on with you guys soon - but I will be d****d if the third knockback from the bank is going to be the one that sinks me.

    As my Mum's best friend is apt to shout out in sutuations like these n her broad Irish accent

    "No Bl**gy Surrender"

    MG
    FINALLY AND OFFICIALLY DEBT FREE
    Small Emergency Fund £500 / £500
    Pay off all Debts £10,000 / £10,000
    Grown Up Emergency Fund £6000 / £6000 :j
    Pension Provision £6688/£2376
  • clairewop
    clairewop Posts: 8,007 Forumite
    Glad your getting help MG,

    I've just had my first cheque made payable to charming trinkets :)
    Boiler pot £30.92/£1000
  • butafli
    butafli Posts: 81 Forumite
    Happy to hear you are coming out fighting MG (though it was never in doubt really was it).

    Found part of Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech (don't know where I found it) that I had written down (yes decluttering here too :D) and fits in so well for the matrix so here it is to share:

    Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and famous?" Actually, who are you not to be? ... And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

    Bx
  • butafli
    butafli Posts: 81 Forumite
    Congrats Claire for your first official cheque!
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