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Getting FIREd up 😀
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Yesterday I woke up from a dream that WWIII had broken out - also not nice before a cuppa. Both indicative of the state of global affairs though 😢Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway2 -
Although I don't identify with being a "Millennial", I do fall into that age bracket (as One Poll keeps reminding me), and I do think there's a lot that my generation and younger don't really comprehend about how things were for a large part of the 20th century (and I say this as someone with a keen interest in modern history and who was instructed to watch the news reports of the Berlin Wall coming down - and am grateful that I was). I remember my Dad saying to me that he'd never really taken much notice of the Cold War until I was born (understandable when it's been a constant for your whole life), but then suddenly found himself conscious of it and thinking "You can't do that, I've got a daughter". It's quite a thing to even consider that that might be our future, while at the same time grasping that it's actually our quite recent pastMortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
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Still pondering on this. Genuinely quite alarming that this was still current guidance when I entered this world:
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230801144436/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1964to1979/filmpage_warnings.htm
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Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
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Brilliant 😂 I’d much rather read on SC neighbour lawn mowing abilities than WW3 before my coffeekaycastle said:Was he mowing the lawn on the other side of the window?
well done on dry JanuaryDON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff. Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest3 -
Thanks LaPlan 👍!
Continuing with the 80s theme, I watched two parts of a documentary about the miners' strike last night. Very interesting. Final part on ThursdayMortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
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In other news, far too many potential worthy recipients of my extra £50s right now. Need to find a small but manageable target so that they don't just feel like they're disappearing into a black hole with all the other massive things I need to save for at the moment 🤔Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
Just done a One Poll survey that kept getting weirder and weirder....
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What the....🤷♀️?Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
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Yes to 2 of those 4
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Yes to all three surelyedinburgher said:Yes to 2 of those
DON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff. Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest4
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