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Taking care of my pennies...
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debtfreeoneday
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So here goes another diary...
How we started off with a debt figure of over £58k, I'll save that story for another day. 5 years later and we are down to around £15k. I say around, because as you can tell, my focus has gone.
Time to get it back again and kick the backside of this debt for good. Life has changed for us a lot since 2008 with our income reducing to a third of what is was.
However, life is good and it goes to show you don't need money to make you happy. So time to start pick, pick, picking away at the debt.
Would love some support...
How we started off with a debt figure of over £58k, I'll save that story for another day. 5 years later and we are down to around £15k. I say around, because as you can tell, my focus has gone.
Time to get it back again and kick the backside of this debt for good. Life has changed for us a lot since 2008 with our income reducing to a third of what is was.
However, life is good and it goes to show you don't need money to make you happy. So time to start pick, pick, picking away at the debt.
Would love some support...
DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
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Hey dfod :j
You've made good progress getting the debt down from nearly £60k!
You can kick the final bit into touch :T
What's your strategy?Karma - the consequences of ones acts."It's OK to falter otherwise how will you know what success feels like?"1 debt v 100 days £20000 -
good luck on the home straight xxxxx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx0
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Thank you both..
No strategy as such at the mo. we have the remaining £12,643. ( worked it out now) on a loan and will make the monthly payments but build up an extra pot to hopefully pay it off early.DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)0 -
Good luck, look forward to hearing how you got this far,move subscribed.Started Self Managed DMP 10th May 2017.
Working hard to get rid of our debt.0
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