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Thank you DIA
Reading your diary made me want to say about it, show support as our lives are kind of similar in that regard. It's a shame, but we both are using it for personal gain and have an 'out'.
I've got stuck in this morning. One key bit I needed and have been looking for since starting T2 appeared within a few minutes of looking for it. I've been wading through so many tabs just to find enough for one sentence in my coursework 🤣
- must have been the mocha
My plan is to keep gathering up what I need, add everything to the silly bits of paper, and hopefully I'll get all five finished off and submitted today.
I can then do T3 tomorrow as it will take a couple of hours and I'll get that submitted.
I'll only keep going until 5pm so I can rest and relax in the evenings. TomBo knows I'm doing a final push.
If my plan works, from Monday I'll be waiting on my tutor, who is currently on annual leave, and I'll get a little rest before making any amendments 🤭Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.4 -
I've done about 9 hours on my coursework. I estimate there's 24 bits to do; finishing some of the main work and daft things like checking fonts, adding / removing full stops etc. So far I've done 31 pages and I'm hoping to keep it under 40.
Potentially, I'm looking at another full day, literally from the moment I get up, to ensure adequate time for finishing, and submitting, T2.
- really must improve my grammar!
Time for feet up, food and TV as my arms need a rest.
It's an aubergine and tomato sauce on pasta for tea 🤗Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.5 -
Sorry your bosses aren't great DIA and MF.
Well done on the coursework MF.Achieve 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 29/7/253 -
Thanks SH
I didn't really want to stop typing as I'd got in my zone, but TomBo was hungry and I was worried about not having enough energy for tomorrow; I can't afford to lose a study day now as I'm so close to completing it.
- I've already got a lot further with this module than when I attempted it 9 years ago!
Temperature has warmed up throughout the evening and occasionally I get a gentle breeze from the trickle vent.
We've nearly finished an old series, only a couple of episodes to go, and we watched a film.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.5 -
Well done, great progress!Mortgage Aug 2019 161,000 :eek::eek::eek:Nov 2019 156,500:T Jan 2020 153,122:T, Apr 2020 149,500, Apr2021 139, 675, Oct 2021 136,823, Dec 2021 136,120🙂EF 0/12,000 (0%)😕 (5062.44 was ERC), Jan 2023 128,650. Our Mortgage is never going to be as high as it is today. :jOnwards and downwards to a better life for our family. :jJust keep swimming4
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Thanks LW2G
I've done 10.5 hours today.
Closing everything down I thought it was a bit of tweaking left to do tomorrow, when I spotted that one section I need to finish. Felt my heart drop on to the floor and wanted to cry into my keyboard.
I'm estimating another 3.5 hours tomorrow and it should be ready to submit.
I have my feet up and thankfully I'm WaH tomorrow, having soup for tea.
Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.4 -
Glad you are WAH.
Well done on the studies. Nearly thereAchieve 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 29/7/252 -
Thanks SH
Everything is in the silly bits of paper, all that's left to do is add a few lines and cross reference it all to the course itself. Hopefully only another hour is needed, but I'm done for today.
I've put about 25 hours into this since I got up Saturday and I'm totally spent, mentally and physically.
I'm flopped on my comfortable chair, feet up and my brain is about to shut down 🥺 thank goodness the other modules are not like this one, they're pure learning, revision and mock exams.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.4 -
I am so glad you have almost finished this module. I hope you can relax once it is submitted and that WaH helps0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p13 -
Thanks Skinty
WaH I've a proper set up and it's a total contrast to WiO. All I can think of today is get my module finished, update my CV and get a career position, enough of these BS jobs which are crippling / draining me.
I'll be popping to L1DL on my way home and may move my laptop to my comfortable chair to finish the bits off.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.5
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