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2007 Olympic Challenge

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  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hopefully in the next couple of days I will have reached my gold total!!!!

    I have had a few bits finishing on ebay today, not amounting to more than about a tenner but will update once they are posted tomorrow.

    But tomorrow I have almost £300 finishing on ebay, based on current bids, which will take me beyond my target.

    I cannot wait to post that I have achieved this - I would never had been so focused without this challenge and am amazed that I could make £3000 from nothing really.

    I will be continuing my challenge if that is ok with everyone - I want to see how much I can make in a year, by just making a little extra effort!
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Is there going to be another challenge after this one ends in July? I'd love to join in :p
    sf x
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
    Personal Finance Blogger + YouTuber / In pursuit of FIRE
  • jet77
    jet77 Posts: 1,586 Forumite
    SF - definitely - I haven't been able to give this challenge the effort that I wanted to due to a lot of personal probs but am going to go for it on the next one.
    JUST DO IT ONE BRICK AT A TIME
    PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTS
    Weekly Budget: groceries£50/petrol£50/Unnecesary£15
    DEBT PAID = 58% (£4,212/£8216):T
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    great stuff! :)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
    Personal Finance Blogger + YouTuber / In pursuit of FIRE
  • I_was_a_fool
    I_was_a_fool Posts: 331 Forumite
    Oooooh Im so frustrated, there is so much money I have nearly got! Almost enough to cash in on pigsback, almost enough in mutualpoints, almost enough in lightspeed surveys, cashback tracked in quidco, but not paid out yet etc etc. If it all comes through by 7th July I should scrape the bronze!

    Meantime I made £10.10 this week in your actual cash in hand!
    Proud to be dealing with my debts :j
    Debt free date now [strike]Nov 2020[/strike] [strike]Oct 2017[/strike] [STRIKE]Aug 2016[/STRIKE] May 2011 at present rate
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Yeah I think we should do another one after this. 20 something of July to 20 something of December

    All ready for Christmas :)
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi all, Hi Jet,

    Feeling a bit better this morning. Realised I made a mistake in the online application for Ing Direct - I included the debt in France, but not the income, so my finances looked completely lopsided. It must be a message from the universe: "stay where you are" lol!

    I definitely want to do another challenge, possibly I didn't take this one seriously enough, tho I certainly thought I did. I'm doing the 101 days, and thats great, but this one is completely financial, and I need both!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Another 2.60 to add. It was from a book my pal was going to chuck out! She's very wasteful. So I took it and put it on Amazon this morning. Sold within an hour!
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • wilf55
    wilf55 Posts: 3,102 Forumite
    well done hypno thats fantastic

    £16 more to add from vouchers and coupons
    Save 12k in 2015 member 187. £62.50/6000
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :j :j I have done it!!

    £750 of ebay sales today has taken me well over my total:j :j

    I am a gold medal winner. Woo hoo!!!!!

    Thanks to everyone for this challenge - I really wouldn't have done so much work without it and certainly wouldn't have got into matched betting, and rummaging around my garage for things to sell.

    I will be continuing with the challenge to see how much more I can make from nothing.
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
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