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Midlife Musings and Measurable Goals
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Ah ah! Found you and have subscribed!:j
I love your series of '20' goals! I especially like the Techs. This is something I should seriously consider too!
Have a good New Year's Eve DIA and all the best for 2020!:beer:
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!”1 -
Love your goals
Good luck with them, will follow
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Found your new diary , great goals for 2020. Best wishes for the New Year xLife is an adventure, never stop exploring.1
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shabbychic12 wrote: »Found your thread and hv subscribed. I wish you well in your quest xYellow_mango wrote: »Happy new diary and good luck with your goals!Always read through your old diary, I have made a resolution to be less of a lurker, so subscribed and best of luck
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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
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Shiny new diary - posting to subscribe. I will post a link for you on your old diaryin_need_of_direction wrote: »Love those goals, lots of food for thought for me. Deal with the dog one first, it’ll be the biggest life enhancerHappy New Diary and Happy New YearIf 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
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Msmoneyspider wrote: »I had a read of your old diary yesterday and wished you well in your brave quest to live "dangerously", authentically. Good to see you re-grouping and forging ahead into 2020. All your targets seem achievable. I think premium bonds are a good plan and you have inspired me to stick away £50.00 a month in them too, i'll wish for a big win for both of us!!another_casualty wrote: »Subscribed to your new diary DIA . So many achievable goals here .
Look forward to the next stage of your journeyHappy shiny new diary.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
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Followed you over and subscribed to you new diary DIA.
Goals sound fantastic, and I hope that 2020 brings everything you want. X
Seasidegal58 wrote: »Ah ah! Found you and have subscribed!:j
I love your series of '20' goals! I especially like the Techs. This is something I should seriously consider too!
Have a good New Year's Eve DIA and all the best for 2020!:beer:
xLove your goals
Good luck with them, will follow
SubscribedIf 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
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Happy New Year!
So today is a quiet day, cleaning and organising.
I also need to apply for a bursary.
I'm trying a new recipe today. Completely vegan. Heard of jack fruit? Well I will be using it to make a Thai Red curry. Going to make a brown rice and adzuki bean side and I have sprouts galore as they were YS for pennies. So might roast them too. Crazily healthy. A good start and a kick in the face to cake
Yesterday my supper was dropped (have you ever done that?) because I eat balancing my plate and doing other things. So clear the dining room table today so it doesn't happen again!
I do like a NY, full of hope and before things start to go a bit wrong...
I am having an AF and NSD today. Need to get used to both as I've committed to 20 of these a month.
I broke a glass teapot and instead of being upset I was glad as I had always hated the stained spout so why hadn't I decluttered it already? Today I am cleaning a cupboard and will search for items I can declutter.
I'm sure you all having more exciting starts to the year than me, so enjoyIf 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
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my vegan kids love jackfruit-as burgers, on pizzas - so your meal sounds amazing
decluttering is good. There is a thread " https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6081729/2020-banish-the-clutter " if you want to commit to a certain target, but it is very active so lots of notifications. I have found freecycle (aka freegle) to be quite good. strangely its been better for me in decluttering by responding to "wanted" posts rather than anything I have offered, but we shall seeI think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
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Some fab targets there. Wishing you all the best. I have signed up to 52 bags of decluttering to go in 2020.
@Mark - I like the idea of wanted adverts - may look into that. I struggle with letting things go but respond well to others 'needs'Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £3K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £22.5K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.1K) = 28.2/£127.5K target 22;12% updated 6/7
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.6K updated 6/7/250
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