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The 1% Challenge - 100 ways to make your 1%
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First 1% Paid £3.25
CC £321.55 to go218monthstogo (Government Retirement Date 2034)
Change of Attitude for 2016: Pay, Save,& Invest
Work on Net Worth: Assets - Liabilities.
Totals 1st April 2016 £8091, May £8703, June £9343, July £101590 -
£3.25 paid from coins in savings pot.
2% paid / 98% to go218monthstogo (Government Retirement Date 2034)
Change of Attitude for 2016: Pay, Save,& Invest
Work on Net Worth: Assets - Liabilities.
Totals 1st April 2016 £8091, May £8703, June £9343, July £101590 -
Update January 2016 ; I haven't posted for a while and things have changed a bit, however
#196 now £3532.39 / 6200 57%/100%
getting there slowly!
Savings goal £30,000 1% = £300.
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22% paid for me as of this morning....getting there!Let’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭0
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Hi, I really like the idea of 1% at a time, it feels really manageable. I'd like to sign up please2016 Goals
1. PAYDBX 2016 #125 Paid :j
2. save £8,068/£10,566=76%.
3. Save £500 with Park. £420/£5000 -
24% for me as of this morning - almost a quarter of the way there!Let’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭0
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I've paid of 20% of my debt today. I can't pay another large amount until March 1st but I will be working on 1% at a time. £18.57 is 1% of my current debt so I will try to pay that off weekly2016 Goals
1. PAYDBX 2016 #125 Paid :j
2. save £8,068/£10,566=76%.
3. Save £500 with Park. £420/£5000 -
Sold a couple of very old mobile phones and used some of the money to pay another 1% of My CC and 1% of CC in Hubbies name.
So
CC1 1% £3.25 now 97% to go
CC2 1% £7.00 now 99% to go
In our quest to do both pay down and invest going to invest the other £10 in our rainy day fund, and then theres enough for a chocolate bar each.218monthstogo (Government Retirement Date 2034)
Change of Attitude for 2016: Pay, Save,& Invest
Work on Net Worth: Assets - Liabilities.
Totals 1st April 2016 £8091, May £8703, June £9343, July £101590 -
25% for meLet’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭0
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Hi all,
an unexpected client payment meant that I could pay some more debt off today. Almost 7% paid today
£645/£2,341 = 27% paid off so far2016 Goals
1. PAYDBX 2016 #125 Paid :j
2. save £8,068/£10,566=76%.
3. Save £500 with Park. £420/£5000
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