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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    I was thinking about "plodding" today in relation to myself :) I think we all have to do it sometimes.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    Featured in a slightly different though still money saving article again in the mirror today:
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/meet-thrifty-savers-retiring-30s-6533112

    Considering the other bloggers featured, I'm very pleased :) now I just have to manage what I say I'm going to, right? ;)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • Karmacat
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    You're in fantastic company there, SF!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Sparkles87
    Sparkles87 Posts: 701 Forumite
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    Well done on the articles. Regarding the future savings and investments, I have to say that I think the key is 'residual income' - there's many, many forms of this but it's all likely to rise in comparison to just having money in savings.
  • beanielou
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    All sounding good.
    Keep plodding ;)
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  • slowlyfading
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    You're in fantastic company there, SF!
    I know! :)
    Sparkles87 wrote: »
    Well done on the articles. Regarding the future savings and investments, I have to say that I think the key is 'residual income' - there's many, many forms of this but it's all likely to rise in comparison to just having money in savings.
    Thanks :) and yes, you are right in that respect.
    beanielou wrote: »
    All sounding good.
    Keep plodding ;)
    Will do :)
    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
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,130 Forumite
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    What a coup - how on earth did you manage to get featured in a national newspaper?! :T
  • selloptape
    selloptape Posts: 632 Forumite
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    Wow what a great feature, congrats! Bet traffic to your blog has gone rght up :)
  • SuperSecretSquirrel
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    slowlyfading wrote: »
    I don't feel like a success, but working on it :o

    You might not feel like it, but you are. You will realise this when you look back in a few months time, when LO is a few months older, and life is a little easier :)
  • greent
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    SuperSecretSquirrel wrote: »
    You might not feel like it, but you are. You will realise this when you look back in a few months time, when LO is a few months older, and life is a little easier :)


    Quite often with a newborn, success is getting through the day, tbh - remembering to clean your teeth and brush your hair can be a success some days!!!


    It's a huge change - and life is now constantly changing in smaller ways, to keep up with LO. Be easy on yourself - you have created another human being - that's a mahoosive achievement. And it gets easier along the way


    xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
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