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Climbing Out Of This £45,000 debt
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Just wanted to say well done and good luck on your debt free journey.1
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well done you are doing great1
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And the journey continues! I have managed to clear one of my credit accounts and have continued to jiggle my accounts about a lot, so the majority of my debt is on 0% interest now. I am focussing as hard as I can on paying off those that aren't first.
Current situation in order of priority is -
Credit account 1 - 2,500
Credit account 2 - 8,900
Credit account 3 - 4,550 (0%)
Credit account 4 - 1,600 (0%)
Credit account 5 - 13,500 (0%)
Total - £31,050
My next short term goal is to get my total debt under £30k, which will be a third of the way to my debt free goal.Jophi2b - Debt free Wannabe!Starting debt £45,362 @ 10 July 2020
Current debt £24,900 @ 13 September 20222 -
Well done, good progress! 👍mortgage £800 overpayment 2022. £600/£2400 2023 🙂 savings £1853/£1800 😊1
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I am actually starting to feel like I am winning this battle now! I have managed to break below 30k barrier. Also been doing a bit more jiggling about to get as much of my debt onto 0% as possible.
Updated situation in order of 'paying off priority' is -
Credit account 1 - 4,900
Credit account 2 - 4,500 (0%)
Credit account 3 - 1,560 (0%)
Credit account 4 - 4,750 (0%)
Credit account 5 - 13,315 (0%)
Total - £29,025
My next short term goal is to get rid of Credit account 1 asap. It is the only debt that I am currently paying monthly interest on, and it needs to GO!
Jophi2b - Debt free Wannabe!Starting debt £45,362 @ 10 July 2020
Current debt £24,900 @ 13 September 20221 -
Now below £25k! Wahoo!
Still focusing on Credit account 1, working on getting it cleared by end of November.
Updated situation in order of 'paying off priority' is -
Credit account 1 - 2,500
Credit account 2 - 4,350 (0% til Feb 23)
Credit account 3 - 1,450 (0% til Feb 23)
Credit account 4 - 4,600 (0% til Jun 23)
Credit account 5 - 12,000 (0% til Oct 23)
Total - £24,900
Jophi2b - Debt free Wannabe!Starting debt £45,362 @ 10 July 2020
Current debt £24,900 @ 13 September 20221 -
Great job, keep up the good work V x1
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