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Keep calm and carry on....

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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,899 Forumite
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    Thanks TnT, this month has been a bit of a perfect storm! I've read the "make £10 a day" thread on DFW quite a few times before, and some of the sums they make on there are extraordinary. Don't think I could keep up with all the different things some of them do!
    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!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,899 Forumite
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    Have just cleared the balance of the credit card from the EF 😀😀😀 Was planning on clearing it this month anyway when the money comes through from work, so I just thought "what the h*ll, I'll do it now!!!" Very exciting!

    Free money now diverting towards filling that back up (but will be starting with replenishing the petrol pot, as when I logged on to my online banking I discovered I was £21 overdrawn from my phone bill coming out 😮 Had definitely already paid it this pay-month, but possibly the first payment was collected on a different date because it was the first-ever payment. Fortunately petrol pot was there to save the day! And a good job I was logging on to empty my savings as well so I could spot it....🤣)
    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!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,801 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Yay to £0 balance on CC!

    I think a lot of the make £10 a day people may not have day jobs - and when you think about it, £10/day isn't great money! You're doing great as it is! But I've found that it's hard to keep the momentum up - lots of payouts come along at the same time and it feels excellent but then it's a long slog to the next one. 
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,257 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Yay to clearing the cc! I love it when you do the surprise payments makes me feel less guilty when I do one! 😂
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
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