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  • RosaBernicia
    RosaBernicia Posts: 4,909 Forumite
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    doingitanyway wrote: »
    I heard back. They want me!! I love it when a plan comes together. I plan to do 3 reports over the course of a year for this creative industry. I won't get paid but I get a Kindle of my choice to do the work on. (I've wanted one of these for some time) I get unlimited resources. I make valuable contacts and get valuable experience. I plan to monetise this work in due course. So, I am pleased :T

    Yay! Well done you! :T:j
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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,133 Forumite
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    doingitanyway wrote: »
    I heard back. They want me!! I love it when a plan comes together. I plan to do 3 reports over the course of a year for this creative industry. I won't get paid but I get a Kindle of my choice to do the work on. (I've wanted one of these for some time) I get unlimited resources. I make valuable contacts and get valuable experience. I plan to monetise this work in due course. So, I am pleased :T

    Well done DIA :T:T:T

    Fortune x
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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,141 Forumite
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    Thanks Rosa for tip re buying glasses and for the congratulations :) You too Fortune

    I've gone back to eating early morning frogs :eek: as if I allow myself time I talk myself out of the thing I know I ought to do...:o

    So, for the first time in 9 months :( I listed 2 items on Gumtree. One guy already wants to collect the item today. I didn't do my research and could have put another £5-£10 on top, never mind, just want it out. If it goes it will be a bulky item gone from my home and £20 in the kitty. BUT I hadn't thought it through...kind of not keen on him coming to collect it and too big to carry to a mutual location...???

    I called the handyman (been putting it off for months) appointment made for a few days in early March. Won't have to take time off work as I will be WFH on those days. I'll find it stressful having him here but it's that or stay stuck...

    At least there is momentum :)

    I hope your day is going well
    DIA x
    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

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,024 Ambassador
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    Could a friend pop round while the item is due to be picked up?
    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.

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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,141 Forumite
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    Aww thanks Beanielou It isn't that so much just having strangers know where I live. But I am 3 minutes from a station so I am meeting him there instead at 9pm, which is a bit late but the station is very brightly lit so I am sure it will be fine :)
    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

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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,141 Forumite
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    I sold a mattress I bought years ago and it was cluttering up the place. It was for a single bed I didn't even own. So pleased it has gone. I paid the £20 immediately to debt just now and changed my DF shortfall figure. It's only £20 but it is progress and I am happy.
    Nite nite :)
    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

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  • Fortune_Smiles
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    Well done DIA - decluttering and money saving :T

    Fortune x
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  • beanielou
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    Great result on both fronts :)
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    "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.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,141 Forumite
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    Thanks guys :A
    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

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  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
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    Good result and well done on swallowing those frogs :)
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