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Breaking Through, Travelling On

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  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,750 Forumite
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    Well KC - I for one LOVE your solar kettle! ;)
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Another vote for your idea KC, sounds like a go-er :T.
    Thanks GG :beer:
    Or you could just knuckle down and retire at 65, cos that's what 'normal' people do :D. I love the way people on here find alternative ways of doings things :j.
    So do I :T

    But I have news for you, sorry - normal people, even of my advanced age, retire at 66 :eek::eek::eek: Iknow its not *really* news :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    But I have news for you, sorry - normal people, even of my advanced age, retire at 66 :eek::eek::eek: Iknow its not *really* news :D

    By the time I retire, the retirement age will be 100 and the school leaving age will be 25...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    By the time I retire, the retirement age will be 100 and the school leaving age will be 25...
    I think you're right about that, Z!

    The rocket stove, lets leave it. I can't grasp what you're envisioning, and since I have a solution that works for me, it's fine, honestly :kisses3:
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Morning campers! I have a list in my diary ... its all about catching up with people after being ill for so long - emails, texts, phone calls :eek: and for one friend I've neglected shamefully, only an actual, real live letter will do. And I want to return to a couple of forums I used to post on before I got ill...

    Otherwise, I think I may have a problem with the washing machine - going to run an empty wash and see if it *will* run :eek: and even the microwave made a funny noise this morning :eek:

    Finally, its about scanning and decluttering - by the end of this week, I want to be at the stage where I can look at extra income again, like matched betting, as I mentioned to edinburgher. Need to get that going.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    I wrote this ages ago, in my house folder ...

    1. admin, first off: accounts, insurance renewal, re-accreditation, shredding.

    2. garden: being out there is healthy, just breathing, and doing the work. Weeding, pruning, planting (thinking mostly garlic and onions right now), mulching.

    3. health routine - a mix of deep breathing, herbal tonics, salt gargling, fresh air, short walks, reiki, stuff like that. Need to remember to focus regularly.

    4. cleaning. There's one big job - the mould that was in the porch has spread a little bit, to old silicon seals around the remaining windows I haven't replaced, that sort of thing. Got to do a proper job on that.

    5. as I regain strength (and the flu season passes, I'm a bit paranoid) make sure I see people a couple of times a week.

    6. get a work routine going again, focussing on therapy work and writing. That should get some income going. I need to put mse diary-reading to break times, not work times :o

    7. decluttering - so that when I retire, I'm free to implement plans, whatever and wherever. But not working so hard at *anything* that I forget to enjoy myself in the present.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    Sounds like a good plan just try to remember to take it easy and take care :kisses3:
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thanks Elli! Absolutely, taking it easy and taking care are crucial. Health specifics are there, and I do enjoy being out in the garden. I even enjoy a moderate social life, when I'm well enough :beer: and I love describing myself as a writer, thats a huge positive for me.

    How are you yourself?
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Right, update!
    1. Done one of the phone calls, appointment made.
    2. Apologetic letter written to my friend, I'm just off upstairs to print it.
    3. Washing machine tested - there's a software error, apparently, so I'm just going to put some washing in ...
    4. Opened the post, no horror stories (its been sitting around for a bit).
    5. Biggest of all, I transferred money to France for the apartment in a new way, a company called Transferwise, recommonded by cherisong that used to be on here. No fees, because it was my first use of the company, and a rate 5 cents a euro better than my bank does. Thats quite a bit of dosh, I'm a happy bunny.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,236 Forumite
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    Good work! :j :j
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