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My year of living dangerously
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Great stuff DIA ! Your persistence and planning is paying off .
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Well done on all the declutteringAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/250 -
Glad the house is improving!"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 McGee0
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Hi DIA - finally read through the bits of your diary that I have missed whilst I've been off the board.
Congratulations on all those frogs you've eaten too!:j You've done so much - for yourself personally and made great inroads on your house. I'm sorry that your neighbours have turned to be rather sneaky and selfish, though hopefully you'll be able to move away in the not too distant future.
Have a good Sunday.
XFinally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”0 -
I'm glad the de-cluttering is starting to pay off DIA
. And you're right about not being able to deep clean with clutter. That's why I'm obsessed with de-cluttering at the moment.
Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS0 -
Just dropping in to say well done you for achieving so much. What a lovely feeling to have things sorted and easy to keep straight too.
Am very jealous and long for the day. We have been 'doing up' our property for 20 years now. Time and money are the limits.
Keep plugging away.
Good news about the gym too. I have been informed that I am odd because I actually use the gym regularly after signing up. I am too tight and want to get my moneys worth.My friend is so lucky that she gets it free through her work. Do get 15% NHS discount so not so bad.
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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »I'm glad the de-cluttering is starting to pay off DIA
. And you're right about not being able to deep clean with clutter. That's why I'm obsessed with de-cluttering at the moment.
Totally agree with you both on this, and have a similar focus. Can't do anything about getting a cleaner until the mess has gone.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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Thanks for the podcast recommendation - just subscribed to see if it'll shame me into clearing some of the accumulated junk in our place!
Hope your plans for the house continue to come together. You've made great progress so far - long may it continue!Sealed Pot Challenge 075
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another_casualty wrote: »Great stuff DIA ! Your persistence and planning is paying off .
Have a good weekend ..savingholmes wrote: »Well done on all the declutteringGlad the house is improving!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 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720250 -
Seasidegal58 wrote: »Hi DIA - finally read through the bits of your diary that I have missed whilst I've been off the board.
Congratulations on all those frogs you've eaten too!:j You've done so much - for yourself personally and made great inroads on your house. I'm sorry that your neighbours have turned to be rather sneaky and selfish, though hopefully you'll be able to move away in the not too distant future.
Have a good Sunday.
XI hope I'll be able to move in the next year or so...Neighbour situation update below
HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »I'm glad the de-cluttering is starting to pay off DIA. And you're right about not being able to deep clean with clutter. That's why I'm obsessed with de-cluttering at the moment.
A little obsessed with decluttering and rearranging furniture right now
Mrs_Boo_Boo wrote: »Just dropping in to say well done you for achieving so much. What a lovely feeling to have things sorted and easy to keep straight too.
Am very jealous and long for the day. We have been 'doing up' our property for 20 years now. Time and money are the limits.
Keep plugging away.
Good news about the gym too. I have been informed that I am odd because I actually use the gym regularly after signing up. I am too tight and want to get my moneys worth.My friend is so lucky that she gets it free through her work. Do get 15% NHS discount so not so bad.
Great progress
The house is a long way off sorted :rotfl:
However I am starting to see progress and that is so gratifying :T
Re the gym. I want to be odd like youIf 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 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720250
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