Achievements of 2006, goals for 2007

Wings_of_Ambition

Well mine are less about debt and more general.

Achievements

• Improved social life and circle of friends massively
• Overcame a very big knockback from late 2005
• Clocked up over 300 hours of flying at very little cost to me
• Spent a lot of time working in the sun, giving me a nice suntan
• Got onto the dating scene and met first partner
• Got out of a bad relationship and had the willpower to stay out
• Started building my own website
• Started the transition from a hoarder to a minimalist (of sorts). Made almost £400 from ebay/amazon/etc, in the process
• Abducted a cow (yes, its an achievement!)

Goals for 2007

I have decided to give 2007 a theme. For me, '07 is going to be all about 'Adventure'. I want to be able to look back in one year's time and think "omg.... that was awesome!". I want to try new things, things that others might only dream of, but I want to make them happen. I want as few days as possible lounging around the flat doing nothing. They're lost days. I feel there's so much out there to see and do, and yet I spend most of my life in the same 5 or 6 places! So 2007, I hope, is going to change all that. In terms of specific goals, I can't think of many. Perhaps...

• Complete my CPL/IR (pilot training)
• Continue to expand social life and circle of mates
• Get that lovely suntan back
• Learn to cook
• Take up paragliding again
• Patent one of my ideas, and try and get it into production
• Ask out that cute celeb I've been chatting to - what have I got to lose!? (yes, other than dignity)
• Apply to go on a reality TV show! I could be the next Nasty Nick - 'Wicked Wings' :rotfl:

Ok, so some of those aren't exactly adventurous, but I think part of 'adventure' is not knowing quite what's going to happen, and so I can't list everything I want to do. One of my favourite quotes is "Risk is central to everything worthwhile in life", and I hope to try and live by that next year.

2007 - Annus Pro Adventum, Pennae of Cupiditas

Headintheclouds_3

Achievements in 2006:

1. Discovered MSE, pigsback; bought new kitchen appliances with vouchers from pigsback!
2. Swapped credit cards to 0% and got cc debt down from £6600 to just over 3.2k.
3. Saved a 5% deposit plus fees and moving costs for house buying
4. Stopped wasting money on c**p

Goals for 2007:

1. Finish adding to deposit fund for furniture
2. Buy a house!
3. Pay off remainder of cc debt, student loan and HP and end the year debt-free (mortgage excepted of course)
4. Go on holiday
5. Think about moving jobs
6. Read MSE regularly

In_Search_Of_Me

Great thread!

2006
Had LB moment in April/May
Added it all up, cried for 2 days then got stuck in
Fell off the wagon & now back on
Not been o/d since April
Lost weight & then put it on again!
Got an allotment!

2007
Pay of cc's (6000)
Stick to more challenges
Loose weight!!

clarab_3

Achievements

No more arrears (council tax and mortgage) :j
Egg credit card - gone and account closed:j
All Hire purse paid off (about £1.5k) :j
Reclaimed bank charges:j

Goals

Student loan - closed by end of January.
Halifax Credit Card - last card, already cut up, £1800 to pay. aiming for May/June.
Cahoot - you're next:mad:
Oh and a new job that will pay more

Mrs_A.

achievements

joined mse
paid off a chunk of debt (not sure of actual amount just yet)
got a higher paying job
began saving £2 coins (havent added them up for ages)
to do for 2007

sort out budget
stick to budget
do more os (menu planning etc)
save enough money up to pay off car and make extra payments to cc and bank loan etc.
to do the snowball thingy and get a debt free date
have a happy life
regards
mrs a

Snow_White_5

Oooh, great thread! Here goes:

Achievements:

Found MSE (though as a lurker rather than a poster)
Had my lightbulb moment
Paid off cc and overdraft using this site's fab advice
Started budgeting for the first time in my life

Goals:

Finally buy my own computer and post more!
Double my savings to pay for a Master's
Pass my exams
Get rid of all my junk via ebay
Learn to bellydance