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The 1% Challenge - 100 ways to make your 1%
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I should have added that to date i have paid 0.5% - pay day next week but more importantly it will be overtime and extra hours coming in. After doing budget next week i will be able to pay this off my loan and update % - :j0
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0 hours contract at work from no on so have slowed down but added 0.9% payment today to make it up to a total of 8%.
Hoping to clear it all this year...£5980 left. About £20 a day to find..January 2025 - Debt £20,0060 -
Hello, I would like to join this challenge please. I have £2627 of debt to clear and have set myself a challenge of doing this within 6 months (so by the end of August).
I am going to pay the odd £27 off now so I can have a nice round 1% of £26We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
Charlie Chaplin.
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Hello, I would like to join this challenge please. I have £2627 of debt to clear and have set myself a challenge of doing this within 6 months (so by the end of August).
I am going to pay the odd £27 off now so I can have a nice round 1% of £26
Less cake what does your profile pic sayJanuary 2025 - Debt £20,0060 -
Less cake what does your profile pic say
My diet can best be described as "unchaperoned child at a birthday party" :rotfl:
I should probably change it to something people can actually see!We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
Charlie Chaplin.
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I love it! Me too! I did dry jan and ate so much, I'm sure it'll settle down by marchJanuary 2025 - Debt £20,0060
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I love it! Me too! I did dry jan and ate so much, I'm sure it'll settle down by march
I have just started a diary and one of the things I wrote was that I wanted to cut out wasting money on junk food so I could lose the lb kind of pounds while saving the £ kind of pounds
I think it's a winter thing too though - stuck inside and eating comfort food. Roll on spring/summer!We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
Charlie Chaplin.
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Paid another 6%, Now at 26% paid off0
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I am! :hello: I've just got such large 1%s, they're tricky to raise. Still flogging away on ebay, though, and on all the different book sites. Crossed off another 2% at the beginning of this month.LionessInWinter wrote: »Hi, I'm so glad you're here
. I know what you mean about the 1% being large. I have it as one lump sum total of just credit card debt. I think it will take me a long time to reach 100%
Can you not both break down your debts/bills into more manageable chunks? Then your % would be easier to find. Even if you split the figure in half.
For example:
If you're total bills/debt was £5000 your 1% would be £50, but if you broke it in half-£2500, then your 1% would only be £25. I know it means you're only tackling half the debt (on paper), however, if the %s were more manageable you would achieve your goal quicker. Once that half is achieved, yo can do the same wi the other half. IYSWIM.:)GE 36 *MFD may 2043
MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
Emergency savings £100/£500
12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb0 -
Another £66 overpaid on the loan today from an eBay sale taking this months overpayment to £204.
Getting there slowly.final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550
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