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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • DancingInTheRain
    DancingInTheRain Posts: 1,439 Forumite
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    So sorry to hear about your fall, it is lovely that people came to help you though.

    Well done on persevering with physio today, it can't have been easy.

    Hope the cats are giving you lots of healing snuggles 💞

    Debt Busting Again in 2026!

    Starting Debt 03.05.26 = £5345 Current Total 01.06.26 = £4913

    Clear the M&S Card Starting Balance 03.05.26 £600 Current Total 01.06.26 = £418

  • Sunshine_girl2
    Sunshine_girl2 Posts: 3,279 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear you fell again, hoping you are healing .

    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,958 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    Absolutely exhausted. Pain levels are high. No money spent though!

    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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 8,238 Forumite
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    well done on finding the silver lining

    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st 1lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,181 Forumite
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    With you on the exhausted, and sorry to hear about that and the pain levels. Hope you feel better soon x

    KK

    As at 21.05.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £215,607
    - OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 38 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 2nd June. 
    Produce tracker: £139 of £400 in 2026

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
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  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    Hugs Beanie x

    L

    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 23,573 Forumite
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    Sorry about your fall, hope you are starting to feel better xx

    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 25,621 Forumite
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    Hope you’re feeling a bit livelier today x

    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,958 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    Still feeling pretty dire. I did manage to have a shower today though. My mum came up & dident bring the sandwich’s 🤷‍♀️. We were going to go to the optician to pick up my new glasses. However I dident have the energy.
    I haven’t been out or driven since Monday.

    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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
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