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MG - The Matrix Re-wired

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  • robsmum_2
    robsmum_2 Posts: 1,753 Forumite
    Started my plan this afternoon - 15 mins in the garden turned into a blissful 2 1/2 hours and far fewer ciggies:j:j:jso once again thanks MG.
    Debt at start of DMP 1/6/09: £2942 - £1942
    Buffer Zone 1; £84 -
    £2 saving plan:-
  • Memory_Girl
    Memory_Girl Posts: 4,957 Forumite
    Wow robsmum - first day in and you have found your bliss - go for it lady. Well done on deciding to cut back on the cigs as well.

    Just abut to pop my experimental cottage pie into the oven - my "mince base" in an onion gravy made with a splash of balsamic and soy (to make it savoury). Topped with a mash and squirted with fry-light.

    Fingers crossed it is edible LOL. DS's are having the regular mince version BTW

    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
  • Lara44
    Lara44 Posts: 2,961 Forumite
    For me, it will be to make a clear distinction between work and home (I study at home because I live far from my university). This will include: 1. Tidying and using my office properly 2. Spending some days in town at another Uni library and 3. Working set "office hours" - being properly productive during this time and having free time in the evenings 4. Planning free time a bit more so I can do more cool stuff!

    Great challenge MG :D
    :A :heartpuls June 2014 / £2014 in 2014 / £735.97 / 36.5%
  • For me it will be to take 15 minutes of physical exercise daily - not fussed what just need to be moving. Outside when I can, but if not I have a stepper or exercise bike to choose from!

    Moam
    Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.... life is a WIP.


    Snowball says too far away, working hard to bring it forward.
  • Dorastar
    Dorastar Posts: 2,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Can't seem to get smilies working properlyBeen to dentist depsite loathing them and need a filling round the side of a tooth :( although it isn't causing any pain it will do soon :( but have managed to book in to have it done after next pay day :)Have also managed to persuade him to just re-fill a tiny broken off bit of filling at the same time so I don't have to have the wole thing dug out and re-done (shocked smiley here)
    Mortgage £119,533 going down slowly
    Emergency fund £1000/£1000
    Savings for big things £9017
  • Memory_Girl
    Memory_Girl Posts: 4,957 Forumite
    COttage pie was lovely - nice savoury gravy layer to top with potato.

    WE were all just sitting down when the phone went - PPI reclaim. A Martin Lewis no less ( with a v strong Indian Accent BTW) - so we sang them a lovely song and they went away.

    a - wim -away, a - wim -away a - wim -away a - wim -away LOL

    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
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Combo Breaker
    The one thing that would change my life - a regular declutter/sort/throw/recycle. I little bit everyday should make a huge difference. And if not that then it will be getting back to my regular excercise routine which seems to have gone west since the start of the year. I will report back if I acheive one or both :)
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Hmm the one thing I need to change? Well I tend to find that if the house is neat and tidy then everything else in my life falls into place! So I am trying to get the house sorted out :o
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • troglodyte
    troglodyte Posts: 712 Forumite
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    My resolution would be to get started earlier in the mornings. I work at home so if I don't start early enough, before I have finished it is time to fetch DD from school and then what with one thing and another I don't get a chace to finish things until after 9pm, and it ends up using all my evenings and half the night too if I'm not careful. Then of course I'm struggling to drag myself from bed the next morning. So I need to get started earlier and try to turn my day around; should be easier now the mornings are lighter.
  • Memory_Girl
    Memory_Girl Posts: 4,957 Forumite
    Wow - loads of stuff to try for 30 days, what a great group of ladies.

    I am dressed to my shoes (sneakers so that I can go straight out and walk after I have dropped DS1 at playgroup)

    So I guess I had better go wake the kids and pack the lunches (reminder I will need packed lunches tomorrow when DS1 and I head to Glasgow for Mindstore)

    Frog today is to clear the car of all the recycling and check the water, oil, tyres etc. Be a responsible Mum before our drive.

    Off and at ' em

    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
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