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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,137 Forumite
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    Fingers crossed for Thursday beanie. 🤞. But I'm sure you'll be ok. x
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,624 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Fingers crossed for Thursday beanie. 🤞. But I'm sure you'll be ok. x
    Thank you so much x
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,085 Forumite
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    Hope the medical goes well.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 9,699 Forumite
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    I'm sorry your anxiety is getting the better of you ☹️ what awful neighbours to have caused this in you. Absolutely despicable. 
    Have you tried breathing exercises to help you distract. Every time a worry pops into your head stop it dead in it's tracks and start box breathing - count a breath in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4 and breathe in again repeating until your breathing slows and you've stopped worrying. Use a mantra or something to help calm yourself like peace or calm....or everything is working out just fine. ❤️❤️❤️
    Mortgage Overpayments 2024/25 - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200. A-£200, S- £221.34. O-£200
    Total- £1783.67
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1650
    EF- £642.41/500
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,624 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hope the medical goes well.
    Thank you. 🙏 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,624 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I'm sorry your anxiety is getting the better of you ☹️ what awful neighbours to have caused this in you. Absolutely despicable. 
    Have you tried breathing exercises to help you distract. Every time a worry pops into your head stop it dead in it's tracks and start box breathing - count a breath in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4 and breathe in again repeating until your breathing slows and you've stopped worrying. Use a mantra or something to help calm yourself like peace or calm....or everything is working out just fine. ❤️❤️❤️
    Thanks for this c
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Newstartforme
    Newstartforme Posts: 239 Forumite
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    Good luck for tomorrow x
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    God, I hate it when anxiety gets me. Hope it takes flight soon.
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 3501000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • Sunshine_girl2
    Sunshine_girl2 Posts: 3,138 Forumite
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    Hope tomorrow goes well.
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,506 Forumite
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    Wishing you well for tomorrow 🤞
    January spends - £587.58
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