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Keep calm and carry on....
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It's a version of 'fake it til you make it' i.e. keep spinning til it's a habit to think that way

Choose kind
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I promise to do my best!
(Now having flashbacks to being a Girl Guide....)Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
I've lost my free money mojo over the last couple of days. I knew my strong start to the month wouldn't work in my favour, there is definitely something in my psyche which means I perform better in an environment of scarcity than abundance 😐 Have just withdrawn 43p from Qmee so that I had something to put as today's efforts towards the total....
I will not be beaten, I will do this!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!6 -
Right, that didn't happen 🙄 Too much time spent reading Cheery's old diary - whoops!
So, I need another £61 to hit this month's target. I can see where approx £25 is coming from with very little further effort required, which leaves me £36 to find over 18 days = £2 per day. Should easy peasy, but somehow that makes me less motivated rather than more! And it would actually be great to be above the target, as I have a couple of "debts to self" that I would like to nibble away at where I've paid for things I didn't have the cash for in my spending money (such as the underwear). Come on missus, you can do this!
There was hardly any loo roll in Sainsbury's when I went yesterday, I couldn't find any tissues whatsoever, and the government is warning us not to mix in groups this weekend. Which just puts me in mind of this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rblt2EtFfC4
Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
If you do receipt scanning (and have an iPhone), the StoREwards app is now available on iPhone. It gives you a £1 bonus for joining and the lowest cash-out amount is £2. But you do seem to get daily rewards for logging in. Just in case it helps...
I've lost my money-making mojo the last couple of days too, but I never find weekends that great for it anyway
2025 decluttering: 5,256 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟2025 use up challenge: 406🥉🥈🥇💎🏆Big kitchen declutter challenge 137/1502025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5004 -
Thanks Jess, I'm already on it with them! I'm also plugging away at Receipt Hog still, in the vain hope I can get another 503 points before it closes at the end of the month. It's a complete impossibility, but I keep telling myself I might win big on the hog slots 🤣 (and as I'm already photographing all my receipts 4 times anyway, plus another time for Shop & Scan, one more's not really going to hurt)!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
South_coast said:Thanks Jess, I'm already on it with them! I'm also plugging away at Receipt Hog still, in the vain hope I can get another 503 points before it closes at the end of the month. It's a complete impossibility, but I keep telling myself I might win big on the hog slots 🤣 (and as I'm already photographing all my receipts 4 times anyway, plus another time for Shop & Scan, one more's not really going to hurt)!
I just gave up and deleted that app! To be honest I barely ever cashed out of it anyway. I have higher hopes for this new one. I hate scanning in receipts though. For some reason, it gets thrown into the same mental pile as putting things on the Bay of E for me and I put those off for as long as possible. 2025 decluttering: 5,256 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟2025 use up challenge: 406🥉🥈🥇💎🏆Big kitchen declutter challenge 137/1502025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5005 -
Oh goodness me, I do apologize for sending you on such an epic quest!! 😯😯😂😂 please don't feel like you have to read it! It's taken me days and I knew what was coming!! 😂😂South_coast said:Right, that didn't happen 🙄 Too much time spent reading Cheery's old diary - whoops!6 -
Ah yes, the old eBay pile....😳 If I could clear that, I'd free up a whole drawer (which is almost more enticing than the pennies I'd earn 🤣) Now really is the time to get cracking on it, as I have plenty of time for the ridiculous packing-up and trips to the Post Office....🤔QueenJess said:South_coast said:Thanks Jess, I'm already on it with them! I'm also plugging away at Receipt Hog still, in the vain hope I can get another 503 points before it closes at the end of the month. It's a complete impossibility, but I keep telling myself I might win big on the hog slots 🤣 (and as I'm already photographing all my receipts 4 times anyway, plus another time for Shop & Scan, one more's not really going to hurt)!
I just gave up and deleted that app! To be honest I barely ever cashed out of it anyway. I have higher hopes for this new one. I hate scanning in receipts though. For some reason, it gets thrown into the same mental pile as putting things on the Bay of E for me and I put those off for as long as possible.Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
No need to apologise, it's kind of my fault that you were reading it yourself! Anyway, I like to know the whole story - if I start reading a diary all the way through and give up, I always feel bad at myself for abandoning it so now I'm committed 😮!Cheery_Daff said:
Oh goodness me, I do apologize for sending you on such an epic quest!! 😯😯😂😂 please don't feel like you have to read it! It's taken me days and I knew what was coming!! 😂😂South_coast said:Right, that didn't happen 🙄 Too much time spent reading Cheery's old diary - whoops!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!7
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