Getting FIREd up 😀

South_coast

Grrrr, trying to do my first of the month check-in and the Vanguard website is under maintenance so I can't get an S&S balance....

South_coast

I'm in!

First of the month round-up....

A very positive month!

* I acknowledged and embraced (maybe - definitely acknowledged) the existence of "the other thing" and the likely impact on my finances
* I've earned a cracking £105.72 from surveys 😮 plus £9.70 from TopCashBack, £29.46 from ZipZero and an £89.60 tax rebate 😀
* I've re-jigged my targets for money for retirement and "the other thing" and worked out how long it's going to take me to get there
* £1000 of Govt LISA bonus has arrived
* My various cash savings balances (LISA/easy access/fixed rate ISA) are earning me interest of c£100/month, for absolutely no input from me - which is much more than my pensions and S&S are doing right now!
* No extra £50s this month, working on that pesky £315.72 for next year's LISA, but getting there

13.82 years to go....

South_coast

....and now Prolific is down 🤦‍♀️!

Merlin's_Beard

South_coast said:

....and now Prolific is down 🤦‍♀️!

Hope you didn't lose out on too much, mine refused to submit a 20 minute survey and marked it as returned, but on the flip side a different survey couldn't track participants to their surveys and paid out a full bonus to everyone when I definitely did poorly at the tasks.

edinburgher

13.82? 🔥 🔥

South_coast

edinburgher said:

13.82? 🔥 🔥

Yep 🤞    

South_coast

Both new cards have arrived today, so both now activated and direct debits set up for the minimum payments. One app up and running, the another is doing a very annoying ID check which isn't working, so I'll have another go at that tomorrow, when I'll hopefully be slightly less annoyed and therefore potentially look a bit more like my driving licence!

South_coast

I could also try using my passport (issued last year) as opposed to my driving licence (needs renewing this year) - but I refuse to accept I might have aged that much that I'm unrecognisable, and much prefer to blame the dim lighting in my lounge 🤣!

Baileys_Babe

South_coast said:

I could also try using my passport (issued last year) as opposed to my driving licence (needs renewing this year) - but I refuse to accept I might have aged that much that I'm unrecognisable, and much prefer to blame the dim lighting in my lounge 🤣!

It is either the lighting or you now have a different hair style 😉

South_coast

Hmmm, well I did have my hair tied back 🤔 Will report back later!