Hope is not an Effective Financial Strategy

Karmacat

Good for you, Jimmy And I'm also loving the strapline you made, hope is not an effective strategy.  Very good.

shangaijimmy

Its been a few days since I've logged on. The only things happening have been daily TT's. My TT pot for the week amounted to £4.66, which I then rounded up to £5.00 and promptly dispatched to mortgage.

Half term is upon us and we have to confess to being under prepared for it this time round!

Suffolk_lass

I agree with KC about that strap-line - it should be in your signature IMHO. Have a great half-term week

shangaijimmy

Thank you KC and SL. Without revealing what I do or what industry I work in my seminar was about Interdisciplinary Considerations, and we were looking into how to utilise the whole team to have greater strategic direction and responsibility. I always write the word Hope on the whiteboard. Too often, in my industry, people seem to hope that things work out and then blame eveything but their (lack of) planning when it doesn't.  

The more I think about it, its just as important with our finances. Rather than my signature it should probabaly be the title of my thread (which I really dislike now)

themadvix

Have you investigated whether you can change it now we have a new forum?

 I’ve always been intrigued by what you do - the long hours, weird shifts, and it sounds very interesting!

shangaijimmy

I think I'll investigate. Its perhaps an appropriate point as yr 5 ends of diary. 

Defining my job is a challenge in its self at times...

Suffolk_lass

I found an old post saying that a Board Guide can change the title of your post (You can only do it yourself until someone has replied) - I believe enthusiasticsaver is one of the mortgage and endowment board guides. The names are no longer shown at the bottom of the board but someone posted a list at the point they changed over

shangaijimmy

Well I finally tackled the shelving unit. Carrier bag of junk to the bin. A few things for CS and 8 Nintendo 3ds games for Ebay (you never know we may £2  each). I'll pop on tonight and give them 4 lists, any non sales will go to CS.

shangaijimmy

A few things to report: 
 * Firstly I appear to have changed the name of my diary!
 * Secondly I've listed the games in a bundle and they received a bid within 10mins of listing  I also listed the console case, but not optimistic on that one.

Busy_Mee

Love the new title of your diary Jimmy. I used to work for a boss that always used to say "you can't just kick the ball and hope " I think it means the same thing and something that resonates with me being a bit of a planner ( surely not   )