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DFW Book - Recognising The Signs Before It Happens Again

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  • fay66
    fay66 Posts: 744 Forumite
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    I must say for me missing two payments on nearly 75% of my debts is the warning sign before they go to 3rd default, and not being able to manage minimum payments, and actually ignoring the phone, I even retorted to scream down the phone, to put them off ringing, and calls being received 9am on a Sunday morning,
    Debt £10k , HMRC £3K old debt £4k Jan 2021
    Had biatric surgery was 135k 2016 now 97kilo 22.1.20 up to 106 kilo 12.1.21
    Travel plans New York 2021 New year cancelled due to covid
  • dianadors
    dianadors Posts: 801 Forumite
    500 Posts
    For me its realising that "I spent without thinking".

    The money saving bug has been a difficult to lesson to learn for me because I have always worked and so always known I can pay back. In the early stages of "money saving" I actually was spending more - because I couldnt resist a bargain! Now I realise that its all in the mindset. If you want to save - DONT SPEND!!
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