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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    Congrats on the bonus, continued weightloss and driving down your debt balance. You are doing consistently well. 
    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 29/7/25
  • EchoB
    EchoB Posts: 124 Forumite
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    Just caught up on the last 3 months, you’ve made fantastic progress :smiley:


  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    Thanks SH and EchoB - yes definitely 3 steps forward and only 2 steps back at the moment - looking forward to my work ending Friday week than 2.5 weeks off and I'll see if I can beat DIA in an end of year (prob start of 2021) frog eating competition.
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    Wow this I'd like to see. Frog eating LOL. I've got a few of my own to do!
    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 29/7/25
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    Let's have a frog off !!
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    LOL - my frogs all feel far too huge - I'm putting most off until I break up for xmas... but I think I will still want to run away.... 
    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 29/7/25
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    Well apparently my November payment on my car loan was my last - and Sainsbods bank has even auto deleted the DD - which is a shame as I take great enjoyment in deleting DDs.

    So I have been loan free since mid November and now have a £500 xmas bonus - which is nice.  Just CC2 to go

    Sorry for keeping you in the dark, but I was in there with you 
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • Just caught up on your diary , what a great hole you have made in the debt , not long before debt free apart from the mortgage. Plus your weight loss is great , how much more do you want to lose ? 
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    Woohoo to waving goodbye to car debt. Good you have extra funds for xmas.
    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 29/7/25
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