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Getting FIREd up 😀

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  • maggiem
    maggiem Posts: 2,015 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Good luck with the new diary - a year of happiness sounds wonderful.
  • chicker
    chicker Posts: 142 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Good luck with your goals! I’ll be following along with interest 😃

    Chicker
    MFW diary Adventures and Overpayments

    Mortgage start: £240,945 Aug 2020
    Mortgage now: 
    £230,738
    2021 OP total: 
    £605.85   1 month off approx

    MFW 2022 #39  £135.68/£1200
  • Love this 🤣! I shall try to keep that in mind when I find myself succumbing 😀😀😀!
    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!!!
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,702 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Don’t forget that as long as you leave a bit to charity as well, you can get your will done free at participating solicitors in November each year. Book ahead though as they can get busy. There’s normally a reminder in MSE news.
    2026 decluttering: 457 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️
    2026 use up challenge: 150🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎
    2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆300

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