It's time to begin.....

Kakiste

Paid off £600 off my car HP. Knocked 3 months off the repayment date already! (Last date was originally 1st May 2023 but is now February 2023.) 

CRANKY40

I am in awe of your patience, planning and hard work. Even if you decide not to leave yet, the lack of debt will set you free....

[Deleted User]

I lived with somebody like your other half and it became impossible. You'll leave when you are ready. I decided I was leaving but it took another 18 months before I finally did it. Cheering you on from the sidelines. x

Kakiste

I started out toying with the idea a couple of years ago- but after his comments last September about "demanding the £20K I 'owe' him back upfront (putting me way back in debt)  if I were to ever leave him or else he'd get out an injunction to stop me seeing my daughter' that was the last straw in my mind. I am leaving, there is no relationship to be repaired there. 

But I'm going to leave carefully and on my terms to make sure it goes as well as it can do. 

Kakiste

So the exam papers didn't drop until 10am yesterday- instead of the 150 extra papers- we've been given a pool and it's a free for all, to mark as many as we can until they run out. However I properly took advantage of the 50% uplift in payment so yesterday I managed to mark enough to make £500! (pre tax) I've marked another full batch this morning in a PPA and I've got all afternoon off timetable due to departmental trips so I'm going to crack on- back to the normal rate today though- pleased with my progress so far. 

Kakiste

The exam board emailed today to say that they're maintaining the increased rate of payment per paper for everything we've marked since the end of our quota. Which means that I have already earned enough to pay off the remaining £1222 on my car! (This won't be paid until early August)

I'm going to keep going with the marking until the papers run out- a really good way to build up my EF again. 

Feeling very happy.

joedenise

Brilliant @Kakiste.  Seems right to me that they should pay the higher rate for the extra papers marked.

That EF should build quite quickly now.

Mrs_Money_Penny

Well done. So pleased for you xx

Aimingforthegoodlife

Oh amazing news with the marking! Smashing it completely! I am so impressed to see how well you are managing everything

Aspiration

Kakiste said:

The exam board emailed today to say that they're maintaining the increased rate of payment per paper for everything we've marked since the end of our quota. Which means that I have already earned enough to pay off the remaining £1222 on my car! (This won't be paid until early August)

I'm going to keep going with the marking until the papers run out- a really good way to build up my EF again. 

Feeling very happy.

Haven’t been on for a few days, it’s great to log in and see great people having some good news. 

You deserve it and your even closer to moving on with your life and being free!