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Midlife Musings and Measurable Goals

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  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,137 Forumite
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    Thank you very much @another_casualty. You've pushed me into eating the headphones 🐸. I'll give them a try and also hopefully not bother you with my Ludditeness!  
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
    🌟
    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,481 Forumite
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    Thank you very much @another_casualty. You've pushed me into eating the headphones 🐸. I'll give them a try and also hopefully not bother you with my Ludditeness!  
    Go do it SSG58. I'm a total luddite but even I did it :)
    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

    Emergency fund 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • another_casualty
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    edited 18 April 2020 at 5:48PM
    Great news DIA 🐸 They are great headphones 🎧
    your turn @Seasidegal58 🐸. Having said that , you do have to be in the right frame of mind . You can do it 😼
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,112 Forumite
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    Well done on the headphones. It's bright and sunny here today - hope it is where you are too.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/25
  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thank you very much @another_casualty. You've pushed me into eating the headphones 🐸. I'll give them a try and also hopefully not bother you with my Ludditeness!  
    Go do it SSG58. I'm a total luddite but even I did it :)
    Great news DIA 🐸 They are great headphones 🎧
    your turn @Seasidegal58 🐸. Having said that , you do have to be in the right frame of mind . You can do it 😼
    I will get to grips with them today I promise!😀. You have given the impetus DIA!  
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
    🌟
    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
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